Ondo State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Akeredolu, has won in eight of the 10 local governments so far announced.
The results were announced by the Local Government collation officers at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s collation centre in Akure early Sunday morning.
While the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, won two, the Deputy Governor and Zenith Labour Party candidate, Agboola Ajayi, has not won any.
Akeredolu has so far garnered 152,248 votes.
Jegede is trailing with 89,453 votes.
Ajayi is in a distant third with 27,820 votes.
A breakdown of the figures shows that the APC candidate is leading with 62,795 votes.
The PUNCH reports that 17 political parties are participating in the governorship election held in 18 local governments.
SEE RESULTS
1: Owo LGA
APC – 35,957
PDP – 5,311
ZLP – 408
2: Ondo East LGA
APC: 6, 485
PDP: 4,049
ZLP: 3,221
3: Akoko North-West LGA
APC: 15,809
PDP: 10, 320
ZLP: 3,477
4: Akoko South-West LGA
APC: 21,322
PDP: 15,055
ZLP: 2,775
5: Akoko North-East
APC: 16,572
PDP: 8,380
ZLP: 3 ,532
6: Irele LGA
APC: 12,643
PDP: 5,493