The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Dapo Abiodun, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Ogun State.
The state Returning Officer for the governorship poll, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, announced in Abeokuta at about 12:45am on Monday that Abiodun scored a total of 241,670 votes to clinch victory.
Olayinka, who is Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, explained that Abiodun beat his closest rival, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement, who came second, with 222,153 votes.
He said the candidate of the African Democratic Congress came third with 110,422 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Senator Buruji Kashamu, who scored 70,290 votes, was fourth.
A breakdown of the results on local government basis as announced by local government collation officers showed that Abiodun won in 11 council areas and scored over 25 per cent of total votes cast in 16 out of 20 local governments in the state.
The councils won by Abiodun are Ijebu-Ode, Odogbolu, Odeda, Ijebu North-East, Sagamu, Abeokuta-South, Ijebu-East.
Others are Remo-North, Ogun Waterside, Obafemi-Owode and Ikenne.
Akinlade of the APM won in six council areas, which are Abeokuta-North, Egbado-South, Ewekoro, Ipokia, Ifo and Ado Odo-Ota.
Isiaka of the ADC won in Imeko-Afon and Egbado-North local governments, while Kashamu of the PDP won in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area.
According to Olayinka, the total number of registered voters was 2,375,003, while the total number of accredited voters was 708,807.
He said the number of valid votes was 680,947, while 20,969 votes were rejected.
Olayinka added that the total number of votes cast was 701,916.
The Returning Officer, who noted that the margin of lead between Abiodun and Akinlade was 19,517 votes, said the figure is more than the total cancelled votes which he puts at 7,100.
The results in full:
Total registered voters: 2,375,003
Total accredited voters: 708,807
Accord – 1,695
AAC – 1,469
AAP – 746
ACD – 2,629
AD – 1,378
ADC – 110,422
ADP – 9,666
AGA – 813
ANN – 710
ANRP – 958
APC – 241,670
APM – 222,153
ASD – 235
BNPP – 345
C4C – 81
CAP – 150
DA – 753
DPC – 464
DPP – 732
FJP – 400
Fresh – 161
GPN – 242
ID – 159
JMPP – 191
KP – 552
MPN – 628
NCP – 430
PDP – 70,290
PPA – 1,133
PPC – 616
PPN – 1,149
PPP – 671
PT – 368
RPNP – 602
SDP – 1,483
UDP – 384
UPN – 861
UPP – 515
YES – 1,692
YPP – 735
ZLP – 616
Total Valid Votes: 680,947
Rejected Votes: 20,969
Total Votes Cast: 701,916
Margin of lead: 19,517
Total number of cancelled votes: 7,100.
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