INEC Declares APC’s Lucky Aiyedatiwa Winner of Ondo 2024 Election

INEC has declared APC’s Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the Ondo 2024 Election.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria.

This online news platform understands that Aiyedatiwa was declared the winner after polling the highest number of votes in the Ondo 2024 Election.

The incumbent governor battled Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorunfemi Festus of the Labour Party, LP, and Abbas Mimiko of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, among others, in Saturday’s Ondo 2024 Election.

Announcing the result in Akure, the state capital, INEC’s Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Akinwumi Olayemi Durotimi, said Aiyedatiwa polled a total of 366781 while Ajayi got 117845 while LP had 1162.

He said, ” Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of the APC having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of lawful votes cast, is hereby returned elected.”

Meanwhile, Newsone reports that Aiyedatiwa who succeeded the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on December 27, 2023, is from Ilaje Local Government Area in the southern senatorial district of the state.