Tag: Ondo Election

Ondo Election: Be magnanimous in victory, Buhari tells Akeredolu

Ishaku Yohanna
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State

…Accept defeat, YIAGA Africa urges Jegede, others President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, on his re-election as Governor of Ondo State He urged Gov Akeredolu to be humble and magnanimous in victory, and serve the people of Ondo State even better than how he did in the first term. Akeredolu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC won in 15 of the 18 local government areas of the state while his rival, Eyitayo Jegede of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP won the remaining three. He polled a…

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Presence of some state governors in Ondo during election a threat to credible poll – TMG

Ishaku Yohanna

Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMC) which is a coalition of over 400 civil society organisations has condemned the ‘invasion’ of the state by some governors. The Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said at a pre-election press briefing on Friday that the refusal of these governors to leave the state constituted a threat to the peaceful and credible conduct of the election. She, however, did not mention the governors present in Ondo state. She said they could use their immunity…

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Ondo election to hold Oct 10 despite fire outbreak – INEC

Ishaku Yohanna

The Ondo State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) the electoral body on Friday declared that the inferno would not stop it from conducting the October 10 governorship election, as scheduled in spite of the fire incident that gutted its Akure office. The Residents Electoral Commissioner in the state, Rufus Akeju, who spoke with journalists at the commission’s headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure, on Friday, said the schedule of the election remained unchanged despite the ugly development. Akeju, who explained that that the cause of the inferno was yet…

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Ondo Gov’ship Election: PDP candidate, Jegede, seeks Obasanjo’s blessings

Ishaku Yohanna

Eyitayo Jegede, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, has sought the support of former president Olusegun Obasanjo ahead of the October 10 poll. The former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state made this known on Saturday via Twitter. “Seeking support of the elders, the next 63 days will no doubt be decisive, we will succeed. God our help!” Jegede captioned a photo of himself with the Hilltop man and one other person. Jegede had during the PDP governorship primary in…

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