Category: Politics

By Banji Ayoola The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the overall winner of the council polls it conducted on Saturday. Its chairman, Prof Yomi Dinakin, who declared the results on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital, said the party cleared all […]

By Banji Ayoola A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State and leader of the APC Unity Forum, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, has joined the campaign train of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, who is seeking a return for second term, signifying the collapse of the faction into the Akeredolu structure. The Forum, comprising most of the All […]

By Banji Ayoola A pressure group, Ondo State Council of Professionals, OSPC, said on Tuesday that it has uncovered an alleged plot to discredit the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the October 10 governorship election in the state, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN. It alleged in a statement by its coordinator, Mr Cornelius […]

By Banji Ayoola Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, , Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has named a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate in the October 10 election. He announced this on Monday via his twitter handle saying: “In the task of rebuilding the […]

By Banji Ayoola The campaign of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, will kick off in the first week of September. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is the party’s candidate in the election, disclosed this in Akure, the state capital on Sunday during the party’s stakeholders’ meeting. Lagos […]

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State’s immediate past governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, said on Sunday that he would respond to the allegations leveled against him by his successor and incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu when the campaigns for the October 10 governorship election begin. He spoke in his Ondo city home while hosting the state’s Deputy Governor […]

Ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that the Coronavirus pandemic might lead to voter apathy in the forthcoming poll. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, spoke on Friday at a workshop on the commission’s communication policy, […]

By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC said on Saturday that the incumbent Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, would win the October 10 governorship election in the state. Chairman of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave this assurance at the council’s inauguration in Abuja. […]

says he is not for PDP alone Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has promised to accommodate all those having genuine interest in his candidature, regardless of their political parties. A statement by the Head, Media Research, Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, Mr Samuel Fasua, said that he […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared that the deregistered political parties that got judgement at the Appeal Court on Monday will not be part of Ondo and Edo states governorship elections. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi made the declaration while responding to questions at a webinar organised by […]