Ondo 2024: INEC declares Lucky Aiyedatiwa winner of election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State.

Aiyedatiwa was declared winner after securing a total of 366,781 of votes in the 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 his closest rival Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 117,845 while Olorunfemi Festus of the Labour Party (LP) had 1,162 votes.

Other contestants in the election include Abbas Mimiko of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).