INEC presents Certificates of Return to Aiyedatiwa, Adelami

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the Governor-elect of Ondo State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Dr Olayide Adelami.

The certificate was presented on Wednesday by Kunle Ajayi, INEC supervising national commissioner for Ondo and Toyin Babalola, Ondo resident electoral commissioner (REC) at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.

Aiyedatiwa, the incumbent governor of Ondo state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election in all 18 LGAs with 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 117,845 votes.

Nejo Adeyemi, candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), came a distant third with 4,138 votes.

The event had dignitaries including the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and some members of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, in attendance.

Ajayi presented the certificates.

In his remarks, Aiyedatiwa, accompanied by the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, thanked the people of Ondo State for exercising their franchise and renewing his mandate.

“The mandate you have just renewed via your huge votes across the 18 LGAs where we won convincingly has placed a burden on me to serve you better than I did before now,” he stated.

He also thanked President Bola Tinubu, whom he said provided a level playing field for all parties.

While he thanked other stakeholders for their commitment to the electoral process, Aiyedatiwa praised INEC for “conducting a free, fair, transparent, credible, and inclusive election.”