Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, ( APC), Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has been declared winner of the Ondo State Governorship election held on Saturday by the Independent Electoral Commission, (INEC).
Akeredolu according to the result announced by the Chief Returning Officer, Professor Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, won the election with 244,842 votes to defeat his closest rival, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) who polled 150,380votes.
Chief Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy, ( AD) had 126,889 votes.
In his acceptance speech, the governor-elect promised to run a purposeful government that would fizzle out ethnicity among the people.
He also promised to embark on agricultural programme that would encourage youths to go back to farm, to boost food production and reduce hunger and unemployment.
