Jacob Akintunde, Akure

Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, has emerged candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming November sixteenth, 2024 governorship election within the state.

Aiyedatiwa was declared winner of the governorship major election which befell on Sunday by the Chairman of the APC Major Election Committee and Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo on the Worldwide Tradition and Occasion Centre, The Dome, in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

Ododo, whereas asserting Aiyedatiwa as winner, mentioned he scored 48,569 votes to beat different 15 aspirants.

He mentioned the opposite aspirants rating is as follows: Wale Akinterinwa; 1,952, Olusola Oke; 14,915, Mayowa Akinfolarin; 15,343, Jimoh Ibrahim; 9,456, Isaac Kekemeke; 1,045, Gbenga Edema; 395, Olamide Ohunyeye; 424, Jimi Odimayo; 490, Olusoji Ehinlanwo; 492, Morayo Lebi; 290, Diran Iyantan; 348, Francis Faduyile; 353, Ifeoluwa Oyedele; 462, Funmilayo Waheed-Adekojo; 529 and Funke Omogoroye; 115.

Whereas Ododo mentioned that the overall numbers of voters; 171, 922, accredited voters; 95178, complete vote solid; 95178, legitimate votes; 95178, invalid vote; nil.

In keeping with Ododo, who was flanked by the secretary of the committee, Ovie Omo-Agege and different members of the committee mentioned; “reviews from the sector revealed that the first election went on peacefully, and the top of the train, votes had been counted and recorded.

“By the ability conferred on the committee, and in step with APC information traces for the nomination of the candidate, of the get together within the normal election, I Ahmed Usman Ododo, Governor of Kogi State and the Chairman of the Committee and the Returning Officer of the Ondo State APC governorship major election, held on the twentieth, 2024, hereby declared that Fortunate Orimisan Aiyedatiwa having happy the necessities of the regulation and scored the best numbers of votes solid within the direct major election, is hereby return elected and declare winner.”