Category: Ondo State

The Kimpa Development Initiative (KDI) has identified five local council areas of Ondo State as potential flash-points during Saturday’s governorship election. Raising security concerns a few hours before the poll, the non-governmental organisation urged security agencies to swiftly act on the intelligence. According to the Executive Director of KDI, Mr. Bukola Idowu, while briefing newsmen […]

The Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State, Dame Olabisi Adu-Okunniyi, has hailed the Appeal Court judgment that reaffirmed her and Dr Ayo Olorunfemi as the party’s candidates for the Saturday, November 16, 2024, governorship election. The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Wednesday, disqualified Olusola Ebiseni as the party’s candidate. […]

President Bola Tinubu on Friday urged all stakeholders and the electorate in the Ondo State off-cycle Governorship election to uphold peace and decorum as they carry out their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the exercise. Tinubu, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he expects […]

Photo: TheCable A faith-based non-governmental organisation, Justice, Development and Peace Makers, Centre, (JDPMC) Osogbo, Osun State, monitoring activities ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State has accused political parties of inducing potential voters with cash, food, and petrol. The organisation, however, disclosed that the poll would witness high vote-buying and voter inducement on election […]

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the APC (right) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Agboola Ajayi, battled as they engaged in a debate organised by Channels Television ahead of the Ondo State governorship election The absence of robust civic engagements, the citizenry’s lack of trust in the electoral process, and governance, economic hardship, as well […]

decry candidates stepping down few hours to election The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of civil society groups accredited to monitor the Ondo State Governorship election has warned political parties and their candidates participating in Saturday’s election against engaging in acts that will undermine the credibility of the election. It particularly warned the […]

The departed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN The family of the departed Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has distanced itself from the endorsement of the Social Democratic Party candidate in tomorrow’s governorship election by his younger brother, Olufemi Akeredolu. They described the move as a personal decision that does not reflect the family’s views […]

In compliance with a ruling by the Court of Appeal, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has removed Olusola Ebiseni, and reinstated Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party’s candidate for tomorrow’s governorship election in Ondo State. INEC revealed this in a statement released on its official X account on Friday. The decision came after the […]

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has warned that it would sack any of its officials found culpable in aiding electoral fraud in the Ondo State governorship election to be held on Saturday. The Corps’ Deputy Commandant General in charge of Operations, Ayuba Philips, stated this in Akure, the state capital, on Friday on […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for a peaceful and transparent governorship election in Ondo State, emphasizing the need for the process to genuinely reflect the will of the people. The election will be held on Saturday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu urged political […]