APC wins by 244,842 votes - Ambali
The Chief Returning Officer of the Ondo State governorship election has declared APC candidate, Akeredolu the winner with 244,842 votes.
Rotimi Akeredolu
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![Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]")
This was made known on Sunday after the election was fully collated at the collation centre.
The candidate for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, scored 150,380 votes, while Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate, Olusola Oke, received 126,889 votes.
In his acceptance speech, the governor-elect promised to run a purposeful government that would fizzle out ethnicity among the people.
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He also promised to embark on agricultural programme that would encourage youths to go back to farm, to boost food production and reduce hunger and unemployment.
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