Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Police on parade in preparation for yesterday’s Ondo State Gubernatorial Election at police headquarters in Akure … yesterday. Credit: Ayodele Adeniran Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo will no doubt go down as one of the most peaceful elections in the history of the state, considering the zero violence recorded during the poll. With the early […]

Results collation resumes 12 noon today The results of yesterday’s governorship election in Ondo State announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, show that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress who is also the incumbent Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa, is leading in 15 of the state’s 18 local government areas. State Returning […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 93.36 per cent of the results from the Ondo State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal. The Guardian reports that results from 3,672 out of the 3,933 polling units where elections were held in the state have been successfully transmitted as of 57: 28 pm. Centre for […]

All Progressives Congress chieftain and former governorship candidate in Ondo State, Olusola Oke, SAN on Saturday, hailed the peaceful and orderly conduct of the governorship election in the state. Oke, who voted at his Ilowo Unit 6, Olori Alufa, Ugbo Ward 3 in Ilaje Local Government Area, said, “The election in my unit has been […]

Chairman, Police Service Commission, Hashimu Argungu The Police Service Commission on Saturday reported that instances of vote buying were recorded at some polling centres during the Ondo State governorship election. The PSC, which deployed staff to monitor the conduct of police officers, lamented that vote buying had become a recurring issue in elections across the […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has called for the resignation of the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, if he cannot conduct free and fair elections. He also accused soldiers of intimidating voters by setting up checkpoints about 10 metres […]

The Director General of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council for the Ondo State governorship election, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of engaging in vote-buying by offering ₦10,000 per voter. Olafeso, who made this claim after voting at his polling unit, 005 Olumekun Compound, Ward 12, Idepe, in Okitipupa […]

Voting in Ondo State (Photo credit: INEC) CDD The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said there was widespread vote-buying by agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ondo State governorship election. In its preliminary report on the election, CDD said its observers saw policemen arguing […]

The Centre for Democracy and Development West Africa (CDD-West Africa), through its Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC), said it noted instances of vote buying in the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election on Saturday. In a statement signed by the Lead, CDD-EAC Observation Mission Ondo 2024, Prof Victor Adetula, and the Director, CDD-West Africa, Dr. Dauda Garuba, […]

Ondo State governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in today’s governorship election, says he is willing to concede defeat if the poll is free and fair. Speaking with journalists after casting his vote at polling unit 05, Igbo ward 4, Obenla in Ilaje LGA of the state, Aiyedatiwa said he would accept […]