By Editor
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Akeredolu, as the winner of the Ondo State Governorship election held on Saturday.
Akeredoku polled 292,830, as against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede who got 195,791.
The incumbent governor won 15 of the 18 Local Government Areas results declared by INEC while his closest rival, Jegede, won in three local government areas and Ajayi failed to win none.
Acccording to the result declared by the electoral commission, Akeredolu defeated his main challenger and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, and his Deputy Governor and candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, to emerge the winner.
