OndoDecides: It is official, Akeredolu in landslide victory, set to become governor-elect

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President Buhari presents APC's Rotimi Akeredolu to Ondo's voters

Rotimi Akeredolu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is set to become the governor-elect of Ondo State.

At the end of official results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, for 17 local governments, Mr. Akeredolu scored 224,167 votes. His closest challenger, Eyitayo Jegede of the state’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scored 132,823 votes. Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, currently has 98,230 votes.

The results of one local government, Ilaje, is still being expected and INEC has postponed further announcement of results to 11 a.m.

Apart from winning the highest number of votes cast in the 17 local governments already announced, Mr. Akeredolu also won the highest number of councils. He won in 14 local governments, Mr. Jegede won in two while Mr. Oke won in one local government.

Read our live update of the official results here and live update of the election here.

More details later…

Local Government Registered Voters Accredited Voters AD APC PDP
1 Ondo East 45,050 15,987 2,742 4,253 7,317
2 Ile-oluji/Oke Igbo 66,090 26,281 4,522 10,681 8,306
3 Akoko North East 5, 867 13, 645 6, 496
4 Ifedore 70359 24501 4,629 10,958 6,747
5 Irele 60,264 26,225 6,710 11,138 5,907
6 Ondo West 155,346 40,028 7,154 10,672 17,382
7 Ose 63,397 26,548 4,272 13,454 6,520
8 Akure North 65,268 24,076 4,123 10,710 6,493
9 Akoko South East 31,068 14,036 2,270 6,384 4,239
10 Akoko South West 93,314 40,719 9,359 19,892 7,691
11 Akoko North West 64,735 37067 4,831 13048 6, 049
12 Okitipupa 99,359 43,518 16,294 14,930 8,031
13 Owo 118131 42,759 2,469 32,988 4,241
14 Ese Odo 66,507 25,563 3,562 10,700 8,701
15 Akure South 261,281 69,916 12,270 25,797 25,005
16 Odigbo 117,794 39,174 8,187 17,581 8,668
17 Idanre 72,344 25,957 4836 10,981 7,575

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