Residents of Ondo have voted to elect their governor for the next four years.
After months of wooing the voters across the state, political parties and their candidates will be hoping that their words did enough to convince the electorate to cast their ballots for them.
Ahead of the exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cleared 18 political parties for the poll. They will vote in 3,933 polling units of the 1`8 local government areas of the South-West state.
There are 2,053,061 registered voters in the state, according to INEC which said it would deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) to avoid malpractice.
The police and other security agencies have also deployed their personnel to beef up safety for the exercise.
Incumbent Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa will be on the ballot, seeking election after he took over from late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who died late last year.
He faces stiff competition from Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – who also served as Akeredolu’s deputy earlier – and other candidates.
Voting in the election began around 8:00 am.
5:30 am: INEC goes on a second recess as they await results from the remaining three LGAs .The resumption of results collation will commence at 12 pm
5:29 am
AKURE NORTH LGA
REGISTERED VOTERS: 87291
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 21698
A: 9
AA: 4
AAC: 22
ADC:180
ADP: 62
APC: 14451
APGA: 40
APM: 9
APP: 7
LP: 238
NNPP: 5
NRM: 11
PDP: 5787
PRP: 6
SDP:46
YP:7
YPP:13
ZLP:43
TOTAL VALID VOTE: 20942
REJECTED VOTES:648
Akure South LGA
Registered voters: 314709
Accredited voters: 54670
A: 39
AA: 08
AAC: 58
ADC: 630
ADP: 320
APC: 32969
APGA: 95
APM: 29
APP: 15
LP: 238
NNPP: 53
NRM: 63
PDP: 17926
PRP: 98
SDP: 138
YP: 14
YPP: 46
ZLP: 252
VALID VOTES: 52991
REJECTED VOTES: 1651
TOTAL VOTES CAST: 54642
CANCELLED VOTES: NONE
Akoko North West LGA
Collation Officer: Prof.
Registered voters: 84908
Accredited voters: 31263
A: 06
AA: 04
AAC: 14
ADC: 130
ADP: 51
APC: 25010
APGA: 21
APM: 03
APP: 03
LP: 23
NNPP: 02
NRM: 07
PDP: 5502
PRP: 06
SDP: 05
YP: 03
YPP: 02
ZLP: 13
VALID VOTES: 30805
REJECTED VOTES: 309
TOTAL VOTES CAST: 31114
CANCELLED VOTES: NONE
