Politics
BREAKING: Ondo: Jegede Wins Polling Unit
By Miracle Aghanenu
The candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Saturday’s governorship poll in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has won his polling unit.
Eyitayo won with a landslide of 220 votes at Unit 09, Ward 02, Akure South Local Government.
The PDP candidate defeated Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP in his polling unit.
Akeredolu had 60 votes while Ajayi scored 7 votes.
Odopetu ward 7 Unit 024.
Unit 023
PDP: 132
APC: 45
Unit 024
PDP: 142
APC: 58
RESULT OF POLL
Ode-Mahin of Ilaje I
Unit 005 Mahin Zion (Mahin Ward 1)
APC 125
PDP 39
ZLP 19
SDP 2
IDANRE LGA
PU 10, Ward 10, Ipoba I&II, Open Space at Ipoba I, Owena/Apoumulona
APC: 141
PDP: 70
Ijare PU 10, Ward 1, in Ifedore LGA
APC 36
PDP 49
ZLP 1
APC WINS IN PU 10, Owena/Apoumulona ward 10 in Idanre LGA
APC: 141
PDP: 70
ZLP: 26
Mahin ward 3, Unit 002 Ilaje LGA
APC 127
PDP 21
Ondo decides: Gov. Akeredolu’s wife, Betty, clears air on being attacked, injured
Betty Akeredolu, wife of Ondo Governor, has reacted to a viral video stating she was injured in a polling unit at the ongoing governorship election in the State.
The Ondo First Lady berated those behind the video, saying the sponsors of such footage were insane.
The Governor’s wife spoke at their Owo residence, saying that the viral video was meant to damage the voting exercise.
Speaking further, Betty said her husband would emerge victorious in the election.
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“That is insane, that is absurd. That tells you how desperate people can be in politics or our political landscape,” she said while reacting to the video.
“I am here in the ambience of my country home and somebody is there doctoring video that I was injured.
“Were you the one that injured me? Such desperation will not do any good to them.
“The detractors want to damage the exercise, to distort information and put one on a bad light. It is all false. We will emerge victorious,” she added.
Ondo guber: APC, PDP buy votes as electorate get between N5000, N10000
Vote-buying has characterized the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State.
Both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are engaged in buying of votes.