By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2024 Ondo election, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has vowed to appeal the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s verdict upholding Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s victory. It would be recalled that the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has declared...
Ondo State Governorship election
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won the 18 chairmanship and 203 councilorship seats in the Local Government (LG) election held on Jan.18 in Ondo State. Chairman, Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Dr Joseph Aremo, announced this at the commission’s headquarters on Sunday night in Akure. Aremo, who...
A PDP Chieftain in Ondo State, Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, has said the party lost the Nov. 16 governorship election to lack of preparedness, a divided house and complacency by party leaders and supporters. Tofowomo, a former senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, stated this in...
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Ondo State, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has said Lucky Aiyedatiwa did not use state fund in the last governorship election. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said this in his keynote speech during a one-day colloquium on Ondo State Public Complaints Financial...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, Chief Bamidele Akingboye, have rejected the outcome of the election. The state chairman of the SDP, Mr Gbenga Akinbuli, who spoke at a press briefing on Monday in Akure, called for immediate cancellation...
The Ondo State’s chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged its supporters to remain “calm and steadfast” after the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and incumbent governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa was announced winner of the 2024 gubernatorial elections held on Saturday. The party had earlier...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the party’s victory in the Ondo State governorship election is a signal that it will capture more states. Oyintiloye, a member of the APC National Campaign Stakeholders Engagement Committee for the election, said this on...
Ex-National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has raised the alarm that the Acting National Chairman of the Party, Ambassador Umar Ilyasu Damagum, will extinguished life out of the PDP unless the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for November 28 elect a substantive National...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the success of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State which returned Gov. Lucky Aiyeditawa. In his reaction to the outcome of the election, the former president said the voters had spoken...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory in Saturday’s Ondo State Governorship election. Governor Ododo, who served as the deputy chairman of the committee on election management and strategy in the...
The Yiaga Africa, an election observer group, has lauded the credibility of Saturday’s governorship election in the 18 Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC) polled 366,781 votes. Aiyedatiwa defeated...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has emerged winner of the Ondo State Governorship election held on Saturday. The Returning Officer of INEC and Vice Chancellor of University of Lokoja, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, on Sunday in Akure, declared Aiyedatiwa winner after results from the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his re-election at Saturday’s Ondo State Governorship election. The President also commended the peaceful conduct of the process, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement. The President congratulated...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ondo governorship election Ajayi Agboola Ajayi has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) low in the conduct of the exercise. Agboola who is one of the leading candidates in the election cast his ballot at Polling Unit 004,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 93.52% of the results from the Ondo State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal. Results from 3,684 polling unit out of 3,933 where the election took place have been made available online as of 7:38 pm on Saturday. Though 18...
Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim, (APC- Ondo South) has described the conduct of the Ondo State governorship election as free, fair and credible. Ibrahim, addressed journalists on Saturday at Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area, shortly after he performed his civic rights. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim cast...
Retired Maj.-Gen. Olu Bajowa has said that the large turnout of voters and peaceful conduct of the Ondo State governorship election indicated that democracy was gradually taking a strong footing in Nigeria. The former Quartermaster General, Nigerian Army, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
A 91-year-old man, Pa Adesanoye Eghaegbemi has appealed to the Federal Government to assist the masses by taking steps to alleviate the current economic hardship in the country. Eghaegbemi made the appeal on Saturday shortly after casting his vote at the Unit 5, Ward 6, Ikoya Igbinsin-Oloto in Okitipupa...
In Less than 24 hours to Ondo governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has replaced Olusola Ebiseni with Olorunfemi Festus as the Labour Party (LP) candidate. The commission in an update on its X social media platform, on Friday, said the replacement of Ebiseni with Festus was...
Security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State ahead Saturday’s governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC has also begun the deployment of both regular and adhoc staff to their respective...