Ondo Poll: Akeredolu moves closer to second-term after winning APC primaries

Ondo State Governor has boosted his chances of being re-elected in the forthcoming elections after winning the All Progressives COngress' primary elections on Tuesday.

The results were declared 12.25am, Akeredolu won in all the local government areas of the state, defeating other seven contestants.

In the result, Akeredolu polled 2,458 votes, while Chief Olusola Oke came second, having scored 262 votes. Mr Isaac Kekemeke came third after polling 19 votes.

The primary of the APC was conducted with over 2,500 delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state who converged on the International Event Centre, Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital, to cast their votes.

Scores of armed security men from the police, the Department of State Services, the National Security and Civil Defence Corps and men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, were deployed in the venue of the exercise.

No fewer than eight aspirants finally contested for the ticket of the party after three aspirants stepped down for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

As of Monday morning, the party had 11 aspirants jostling for the ticket.

They were Akeredolu, Chief Olusola Oke, Dr Segun Abraham, Mr Olaide Adelami and Mr Bukola Adetula.

Others were Mrs Jumoke Anifowose, Mr Sola Iji, Mr Isaac Kekemeke, Jimi Odimayo, Mr Nathaniel Adojutelegan and Mr Awodeyi Akinsehinwa.

However, before the commencement of the exercise, the trio of Abraham, Odimayo and Adojutelegan withdrew from the race and declared their support for Akeredolu.

Recall that an aspirant, Ife Oyedele, had earlier stepped down for Akeredolu.

The Ondo governosrship elections os expected to hold on the 10th of October 2020.