The All Progressive Congress, APC on Monday has announced the governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the governorship primary election.
Aiyedatiwa emerged winner after securing a total of 48,569 votes while fellow contender, Mayowa Akinfolarin, polled 15,343 votes, with Olusola Oke coming in third position with 14,865 votes.
The Chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo made the announcement in the early hours of Monday.
He stated that the electoral process went ”smoothly” with little skirmishes recorded.
He said: ”I can confirm that the direct mode of primary election adopted in the 2024 Ondo state governorship primary elections held in all 203 electoral wards in all the 18 LGAs in Ondo state,” Ododo said while announcing the winner.
The Ondo state governor coasted to victory in 16 of the 18 LGAs losing out on Ilaje LGA to third-placed Oke.
Many of the aspirants had expressed dissatisfaction about the process of the election.
For instance, Folakemi Omogoroye, a female aspirant described the process as a “complete rape on democracy.” calling for the cancellation
Omogoroye also lamented the absence of election officials and voting materials at voting centres, saying her supporters could not exercise their right to vote.
“I am not going to accept it, and now, I am calling for cancellation and if this is not done, maybe we’ll meet in the court,” she said while threatening legal action if her demand for a fresh and transparent election were not met
Equally, disgruntled party faithful took to the streets of Akure to demand the annulment of the exercise and the removal of Ododo as the committee’s chair.
The protesters took their dissatisfaction to the APC state secretariat in Akure alleging irregularities in the conduct of the ward primaries across the 203 wards of the state.
They described the process as a daylight robbery and urged the national secretariat of the APC not to allow the state to be embroiled in crisis.
