The incumbent governor of Ondo state and the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been reported to be the winner as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) releases results of 15 local governments in the Saturday election.
Akeredolu who is running against 16 other aspirants, including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Eyitayo Jegede and his Deputy, Agboola Ajayi flagging the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP.
The 15 local governments, as announced by the Local Government collation officers in the early hours of Sunday at the INEC office in Akure, show that Akeredolu emerged winner in 13 LGAs and his PDP counterpart, Jegede emerging winner in the other 3.
PUNCH also reported that the deputy governor, Agboola who is running under the Zenith Labour Party has not won any local government.
Nigeria News World also gathered that Akeredolu has so far garnered 229,309 votes.
While Jegede who is trailing him has 170,138 votes.
Meanwhile, Ajayi who is currently in third position is far behind with 53,422 votes.
A breakdown of the figures shows that the APC candidate is leading his closest rival, Jegede, with 59,171 votes.
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SEE RESULTS FROM 15 LGAs
1: Owo LGA
APC – 35,957
PDP – 5,311
ZLP – 408
2: Ondo East LGA
APC: 6, 485
PDP: 4,049
ZLP: 3,221
3: Akoko North-West LGA
APC: 15,809
PDP: 10, 320
ZLP: 3,477
4: Akoko South-West LGA
APC: 21,322
PDP: 15,055
ZLP: 2,775
5: Akoko North-East
APC: 16,572
PDP: 8,380
ZLP: 3 ,532
6: Irele LGA
APC: 12,643
PDP: 5,493
ZLP: 5,904
7: Ile Oluji LGA
APC:13278
PDP: 9231
ZLP:1971
8: Ifedore LGA
APC – 9350
PDP – 11852
ZLP – 1863
9: Akure North LGA
APC – 9546
PDP- 12263
ZLP- 1046
10: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
11: Idanre LGA
APC: 11286
PDP: 7499
ZLP: 3623
12: Akure South LGA
APC: 17,277
PDP: 47,627
ZLP: 2,236
13: Akoko South-East LGA
APC – 9419
PDP- 4003
ZLP – 2004
14: Ose LGA
APC – 15,122
PDP -8421
ZLP – 1083
15: Okitipupa LGA
APC – 19266
PDP – 10367
ZLP – 10120
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