Ogun Governorship: INEC Declares APC’s Dapo Abiodun Winner Of Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared
DapoAbiodun, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,APC,
winnerof Saturday’s governorship polls in Ogun State.
Thestate Returning Officer for the governorship poll, Idowu Olayinka,
announcedin Abeokuta on Monday that Abiodun scored a total of 241,
670votes to clinch victory.
Olayinka,who is Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, explained that
Abiodunbeat his closest rival, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples
Movementwho came second with 222, 153 votes.
Hesaid that the candidate of the African Democratic Congress,ADC
camethird with 110, 422 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party
Candidate,Buruji Kashamu, who scored 70,290 votes, was fourth.
Abreakdown of the results on local government basis as announced by
localgovernment collation officers showed that Abiodun won in 11
councilareas and scored over 25 per cent of total votes cast in 16 out of
20local governments in the state.
TheReturning Officer, who noted that the margin of lead between
Abiodunand Akinlade was 19,517 votes said that the figure is more than
thetotal cancelled votes which he puts at 7,100.