Barring all odds, the people of Ondo State will file out on October 10 to elect a governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years. The Ondo election is an off cycle election, just like the recently held Edo election, which returned the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, of the […]
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Governor is embattled, bitter – Ajayi’s camp Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, is wasting all resources acquired from the state to give former governor Olusegun Mimiko political resurrection. While Mr Akeredolu is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming October 10 governorship […]
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Residents of Ondo State will on Saturday, October 10, visit their various polling units to elect who will oversee the affairs of the state for the next four years. Even though the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said that 17 political parties will take part in the election, the race to the Alagbaka Government House […]
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By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa The governorship election in Ondo State is scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2020. There are similarities and differences in the Edo and Ondo elections and lots of lessons to learn by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. With technology, we should never have a situation of ballot snatching and manipulation of election […]
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By Banji Ayoola There were tears, wailing and cursing on Tuesday by members of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure as the founder and popular cleric, Prophet Alfa Babatunde was being marched to prison following his sentence by an Akure High Court to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a boy in his church last year. […]
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By Banji Ayoola Founder of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, Ondo State, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, was on Tuesday jailed by an Akure High Court over his involvement in the disappearance of a male toddler, Gold Kolawole, in his church. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court which was presided over by Justice Olusegun Odusola. Also jailed with him were […]
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Ahead of the Governorship election holding on Saturday in Ondo State, the National Peace Committee led by former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, retired, and other stakeholders in the exercise have called for a free, fair and credible poll, urging political parties and their supporters to shun violence. They include the state’s House […]
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By Banji Ayoola Candidates participating in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State have pledged to shun violence or any act likely to disrupt or truncate the exercise. These were the main terms of a peace accord which they signed in Akure the state capital on Tuesday. The signing of the pact was witnessed by the […]
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The National Peace Committee, NPC, has called for free, fair, credible and peaceful governorship poll in Ondo State. It admonished the candidates, security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, civil societies, the traditional rulers and the citizens of Ondo State to support the peaceful process in the state. In a statement signed by its Chairman, […]
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Police, security agencies deploy 37, 283 men We will deal decisively with troublemakers – Adamu Votes will count – Yakubu ‘No one will benefit from impunity or be rewarded for bad behaviour such as vote-buying, ballot box snatching and stuffing, multiple voting, hijacking and diversion of election materials, disruption of collation, falsification of results, attack […]
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