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
