Category: Ondo State

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday confirmed the capsizing of boat conveying its ad-hoc staff and electoral materials to riverine areas of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State but said there was no casualty. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Nick Dazang, confirmed the incident in a message sent to journalists in […]

The three major candidates in today’s governorship election in Ondo State have won their individual polling units. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, won the election held in his Polling Unit 6, Ward 5, Isokun, Ijebu Owo. He scored 413 votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Party’s […]

The Governorship Election to determine who occupies the coveted Alagbaka seat of power in Ondo State held today as the people of the sunshine state moved to the various polling units statewide get to choose the person and political party that will govern their state for the next four years. Candidates and political parties have […]

Food and other consumable vendors made brisk businesses at polling units in Okitipupa during Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election. Most of the electorate who trooped out to cast their votes were seen buying foods, minerals, bottle water, chinchin, puff-puff (Deep fried dough), biscuits and other items. Some of the vendors who spoke said that they […]

Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has swept the polls at his unit located at Idumado Quarters, Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government. Ajayi, the governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, scored 395 votes while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu got 13. His Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP counterpart, Mr […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Eyitayo Jegede has won his polling unit. He polled 220 votes to defeat Akeredolu of the APC who scored 60 and Agboola who polled seven votes. Jegede votes at Unit 009, Ward 2, Akure LG located inside Sacred Heart Primary School, Cathedral area of Akure. At the second unit in […]

The police have arrested least 25 suspected political thugs in Ondo State for alleged illegal possession of firearms. This came to light as the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of election security, Leye Oyebade, said in Ondo State yesterday that there was robust mechanism on ground to ensure safety of all stakeholders. […]

The police on Saturday rescued a man who was about to be lynched by a mob in the Owo area of Ondo State. The unidentified man, who claimed to be an election observer at Ward 4, Polling Unit 15, Shagari Market along the Owo-Benin Highway, was accused of approaching voters to sell their votes when […]