Ogun guber: INEC declares APC’s Dapo Abiodun winner, as APM kicks

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.

INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof Abel Idowu Olayinka, who announced the final result at INEC office, Abeokuta on Monday, said Abiodun polled 241,670 votes to defeat his arch-rival and candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade who had 222,153 votes.

Olayinka who declared the winner of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election at exactly 1am, puts the margin between the winner and the runner up at 19,517.

According to him, Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled 110,422 votes; Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 70,290 votes, while Dimeji Bankole of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) scored 9,666 votes.

Olayinka, who was flanked by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof Abdulganiyu Raji, and some security chiefs in the state, said “That Adedapo Abiodun of APC having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner and returned elected.”

The results declared showed that out of the 2,375,003 voters registered, only 708,807 were accredited during the election, while the total valid votes was put at 680,947.

Daily Trust reports a total of 20,969 votes were rejected during the election, while 7,100 votes were cancelled in some polling units across the state.

Meanwhile, the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun State and its gubernatorial candidate, Adekunle Akinlade have rejected the election results as announced by the INEC, citing alleged manipulation of results.

The APM Campaign Director General, Sarafa Ishola who spoke alongside Akinlade at the party’s secretariat at Leme, Abeokuta, alleged that gubernatorial election which began peacefully on Saturday was allegedly hijacked by hoodlums and “unidentified uniform men” during the collation stage, and further manipulated the results in favour of APC.

Akinlade, on his part, said “The people of Ogun state have been raped”, while urging them to maintain peace while the leadership of APM explores all legal means to undo the alleged injustice.

However, the Chairman of APC in the state, Yemi Sanusi, noted that APM’s rejection means “acceptance of defeat”, saying the victory of APC was long expected.

“What Buhari government is doing at the top, people are satisfied. Go to the town and you will see that immediately they declare the result, you will see how happy the people will be,” Sanusi said in a statement in Abeokuta.

Daily Trust reports that APC won in 11 LGAs, APM won in 6 while ADC won 2, just as PDP got 1 LG. Ogun state has a total of 20 LGAs.

Below are the results:

IJEBU ODE 

APC – 1, 3234

APM – 4, 401

ADC – 349

PDP – 7, 289

ODOGBOLU

APC – 12529

APM – 7516

ADC – 1001

PDP – 3418

ODEDA 

ADC 4, 327

ADP 438

APC 8, 030

APM 6,454

PDP 1,041

IJEBU NORTH EAST

ADC 541

ADP 329

APC 7, 268

APM 2,785

PDP 3,482

EWEKORO 

ADC 3,241

ADP 274

APC 6, 492

APM 7, 588

PDP 1, 418

SAGAMU

ADC 2,486

ADP 355

APC 23, 737

APM 14, 469

PDP 4,415

ABEOKUTA SOUTH 

ADC 13, 572

ADP 1, 642

APC 19, 414

APM 18, 767

PDP 1, 770

IJEBU EAST

ADC 574

ADP 223

APC 10, 726

APM 5, 147

PDP 5, 296

REMO NORTH

APC – 7437

APM – 4987

ADC – 947

ADP – 58

PDP – 930

OGUN WATERSIDE

APC – 8957

APM – 5803

ADC – 497

ADP – 36

PDP – 3211

ABEOKUTA NORTH

APC – 12130

APM – 16708

ADC – 10453

ADP – 461

PDP – 951

IMEKO AFON

APC – 2657

APM – 7401

ADC – 15,272

ADP – 184

PDP – 529

IKENNE

APC – 15109

APM – 6553

ADC – 653

ADP – 23

PDP – 1040

EGBADO SOUTH

APC – 8804

APM – 13622

ADC – 9935

ADP – 437

PDP – 1721

OBAFEMI OWODE

APC – 13660

APM – 8303

ADC – 5046

ADP – 808

PDP – 2233

EGBADO NORTH

ADC 17, 044

ADP 2, 145

APC 7,742

APM 12, 208

PDP 1, 590

IPOKIA

ADC 3,334

APC 12,890

APM 26, 291

PDP 1, 846

IJEBU NORTH

ADC 1, 189

ADP 447

APC 10, 574

APM 7, 477

PDP 21, 851

IFO

ADC 7, 260

ADP 605

APC 15,642

APM 17,614

PDP 2, 684

ADO ODO/OTA

ADC 12, 699

ADP 515

APC 24, 838

APM 27, 859

PDP 3,575

TOTAL RESULT

ADC 110, 422

ADP 9, 666

APC 241, 670

APM 222, 153

PDP 70, 290