The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has won his polling unit 004, Apoi ward 2, Idumado Quarters, Kiribo Ese-Odo local government area of the state.
The PDP candidate polled 194 votes to defeat his rival and incumbent governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored three votes.
The total number of accredited voters in the unit was 204 from the 1,157 registered voters in the polling unit.
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Meanwhile, Tribune Online reports that Ajayi, who spoke with newsmen shortly after voting at about 10:40 am in his polling unit, said the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has failed the people of the state and should resign from office.
Agboola said that the preliminary report from across the 18 local government areas has shown that the election so far was far below the standard, asking the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu to resign for conducting the most corrupt election in Nigeria’s political history.
He described the exercise as not only a sham but also a synchronized attempt to murder the democratic process, alleging that the stronghold of PDP chieftains was militarised to intimidate the voters from exercising their franchise.
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