- Safiu Kehinde
Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, edges closer to victory as he currently leads the poll across all 15 local government areas result collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate dominated the poll with 268, 144 votes accumulated across the 15 LGAs already announced by INEC.
On the other hand, his closest rival Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) managed to gather 79,125 votes which saw him fell behind Aiyedatiwa with 189,019 votes margin.
With three more LGAs left to be collated, the APC’s reign in Ondo state is set to be extended for another four years under Aiyedatiwa as they lead with wide margin.
The three LGAs include Ilaje, Ese-Odo, and Odigbo.
Meanwhile, INEC has declared recess at 5am after the collation of the 15 LGAs.
The exercise will continue by 12pm on Sunday.