Gov Abidoun loses LGA to PDP

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has lost the Ikenne Local Government Area to Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Both men hail from Ikenna LG, the home council of Obafemi Awolowo.

Abiodun polled 9,133 votes to Adebutu who polled 12,472 votes.

Abiodun, who is one of the governors seeking re-election polled 147 votes in his polling unit ahead of Adebutu who garnered 142 votes.

But at PU 14, Egunrege in Ikenne township where Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo voted, Adebutu carried the day.

PDP scored 42, APC had 21 votes, while ADC had one vote.

Like that of Lagos and several other states, Saturday's election in the council was characterized by violence and ballot box hijack especially in Iperu-Remo, the hometown of Abiodun and Adebutu.

At Iperu-Remo, the hometown of Governor Dapo Abiodun, there were shootings when hoodlums suspected to be political thugs snatched away two ballot boxes at Polling Unit 05, Ward 03 in Ayegbami area of the town, reports Daily Trust.

The hoodlums had invaded the polling unit on motorcycles and started shooting into the air with the aim of chasing away voters.

They however, succeeded at escaping with one of the ballot boxes, before security operatives, particularly the policemen on election duty at the nearby road intersection could respond with a corresponding gun shots to the scene while the Assistant Polling Officer for the unit, Alalade Babatunde had been beaten up.

The development however, resulted in chaos, forcing many electorates to scamper for safety to avoid being hit by strayed bullets.