Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress has won Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo.
Akeredolu was declared winner of the election on Sunday by Idowu Olayinka, the returning officer in Akure, the state capital.
While the governor polled a total of 292,830 votes, his closest challenger, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 195,791 votes.
Agboola Ajayi, candidate of the Zenith Labour Party and deputy governor of state scored 69,217 votes..
Akeredolu will be presented with his certificate at the INEC office in Akure, the state capital, of return on Tuesday.