Akure township, the capital of Ondo State, remains calm and
devoid of any crisis or celebration as the people await the declaration of the
just concluded governorship election in the state.
One of the major contestants for the position of
the
governor, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) of the Peoples Democratic Party, hails from
the town.
His supporters gathered in groups to discuss the outcome of
the results as being put together by his supporters at different units when our
correspondent went round the town.
While some were optimistic of his emergence, others felt
that the results being bandied about by APC agents were dangerous for their
ambition.
For example, those at Jegede’s poling unit wondered how the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Rotimi Akeredou (SAN) could
have the figure he had in their son’s (Jegede) unit, whereas Akeredolu trounced
his opponent in his (Akeredolu) ward.
At Jegede’s Unit Ward 2, Unit 009, PDP had 184, while the
APC scored 77 votes.
Where Akeredolu voted, his party, the APC had 413 votes, as
against 13 votes that Jegede’s PDP got.
In some of the polling units in the state capital, Akeredolu
was said to be leading as well.
One of Jegede’s supporters, Mr. Adaralekun Soji, said he
still believes that their son and candidate would win.
“We still have the hope of winning the election, even though
we are campaigning in a very hostile environment,” he said.
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