Latest update from Ondo election

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Early results from yesterday’s hotly contested governorship election in Ondo State showed the candidates of the three major contending parties leading in their respective strongholds across the 18

local governments in the state, making the election too close to call.

Results trickling in from polling booths before going to press indicated that Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was taking an early lead in his Owoeye country home with a wide margin, just as Mr Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was also recording the highest votes in both Ondo East, Ondo West and Akure, the state capital. The story is not different for the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Mr. Olusola Oke, who was also putting a strong performance in the riverine area where he hails from.

For example, in unit 20, ward 7 where Governor Olusegun Mimiko voted, the APC scored 23 votes, AD got 10 and PDP polled 88. Also, in unit 21, ward 7, the AD garnered 31 votes while the PDP and the APC scored 92 and 23 respectively.
The AD candidate, Oke, won his Ugbo Ward III, Ago Olori Alufa/Otumara Unit 005 with 316 votes to defeat the APC which polled a total of 17 votes and the PDP which scored zero.

In Unit 17 Igboroko (Ahmadiya grammar school) 2 ward 3 Owo Local Government, the APC candidate was leading with 262 votes, AD 1 and PDP 05. Akeredolu also scored the highest number of votes at Igboroko 1, Ward2, Unit 3 of the local government, where he got APC 217 votes ahead of Jegede who scored 29 and Oke with 16 votes.

However, at Alade Atosin ward in Idanre Ward of Idanre Local Government Ward 2 Unit 13, the PDP was in the lead with 189 votes, AD 67 and APC 68.
But at Okitipupa Local Government, registration area: 06-Ikoya/Oloto, Polling Unit 003 – Igborowo/Okerayo East, Customary Court Hall, Ikoya , the votes were almost split equally between the APC which got 73 and the AD with 75. The PDP trailed behind with 58.
In Igbo-Oja, Unit 3 in Ondo East Local Government, the PDP swept the majority of votes thus: PDP - 316, APC - 88, AD - 82, PDC – 01, as well as in Unit 3, Ward 7, Ondo West (Ansarudeen) where it garnered 135 votes against AD’s 36 and APC’s 57.
At Arakale/Adam’s House, Akure South LGA Unit 1 Ward 7, it was: PDP- 50, APC- 38 and AD- 24 while in ward 7, Unit 4, PDP had 35 against APC’s 30.
In ward 7, unit 22 of Akure South it was: AD -44, APC -68 and PDP- 66.
In Ala-Elefosan Ward Unit 001, Idanre, the PDP had 250, APC-112 and AD -134 votes, as well as 104, 65 and 24 for the PDP, APC and AD respectively in Upkarama Ward 1 of Ese-Odo Local Government Area.
In Ondo West Local Government Area: Ward 07, Unit 01 (St. Patrick Mega Primary School, Olorunsola Str. Yaba, Ondo), AD had 27, APC - 46 and PDP - 139.
The PDP also floored APC in the results from Ondo West. In Unit 3, Ward 7, Ondo West (Ansarudeen): PDP 135, AS 36, APC 57. In Unit 4, Ward 7, Ondo West (Ansarudeen): PDP 155, AD 40, APC 57.
In Ifedore Local Government Area, Unit 007, Ilara–Mokin, Ward 1, the PDP polled 135, APC -55 and AD – 30.
On the other hand, results from Abana ward 05, Isalu Jigbokin, Idanre LGA shows that AD had 108, APC -102 while PDP got 71.
Also, results of Polling Unit 002, Ward 10, Owena-Aponmulona, Idanre LGA put PDP at 76, APC - 92 and AD - 50.
The APC swept majority of votes in Igboroko, Owo Local Government. In Igboroko II, Ward 3, Unit 11, the APC had 113, PDP- 9 and AD- 3, as well as Unit 17 Igboroko (Ahmadiya grammar school) 2 ward 3  where APC ganared 262 votes against PDP’s 5 and AD’s 1.
In Akungba LGA Ward 10, polling unit 14, the APC had 192, PDP -115 and AD 76.

The final results of the election will, however, be called after completion of collation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

But report said there was jubilation in the AD camp in the riverine Ilaje Council area of the state as poll results from the different polling units trickled in. Oke, who voted at the Unit 005, Ugbo Ward III, at his Ilowo hometown in the Ilaje Council area of the state, said the large turnout of his people to cast their votes was indicative of their resolve for real change.
Also in Ondo, Mimiko’s supporters trooped to the governor to congratulate him as results filtered into town that the PDP was coasting home to victory.

In an interview with journalists after casting his vote, Mimiko decried the hitches that were experienced with the card reader, which failed to recognise his thumbprint.

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