Prof Dayo Faduyile, a former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and now the Special Adviser on Health Matters to Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has won the Ondo South Senatorial District bye-election held on Saturday.
He was declared winner of the exercise on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Declaring The results of the election, the INEC returning officer, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja, Prof. Gbenga Solomon-Ibileye, said Faduyile polled 68,474 votes to defeat Adeolu Akinwunmi of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), who scored 1,411 votes, Adesanya Olaoluwa of Action People’s Party (APP) and Clement Funso-Nejo of Boot Party (BP) who recorded 213 and 70 votes, respectively.
He announced the result at the collation centre in Okitipupa, Okitipupa council area of the state.
According to him, the total votes cast were 70,770, with 602 rejected which took place across six LGAs: Okitipupa, Ilaje, Ese-Odo, Irele, Odigbo and Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo.
The by-election held to fill the vacant seat left by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim following his appointment as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, said the by-election served as a “testing ground” for 2027.
Agboke who spoke after the declaration of the result, noted that the minor hiccups observed would help the commission prepare better, adding that all staff deployed to riverine areas returned safely, with no negative incidents reported.
