At last, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District supplementary election.
INEC Returning Officer for Ondo South, Prof Kayode Onifade, declared him winner having polled 81,892 to defeat incumbent ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Yele Omogunwa, who scored 55,610 votes.
Onifade said that Tofowomo won the election, having polled the highest number of votes.
According to him: “Having satisfied the law by having the highest number of votes in a concluded election, I hereby declare Tofowomo of the PDP winner and he is hereby returned elected.’’
Tofowomo had earlier in the February 23 senatorial election, polled 79,029 votes over Mr Omogunwa who scored 51,993.
But the INEC returning officer had declared the election inconclusive over alleged various irregularities in 56 polling units, saying that the cancelled 28,047 votes were higher than the margin of 27,036 votes between Tofowomo and his closest rival, Omogunwa.
