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Amid jubilations across Ondo State over the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has expressed profuse gratitude to the people of the State. It, however, cautioned opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against playing "the role of a peeper and an interloper in the internal affairs of rival APC, through uninformed condemnation". State Director of Information of the LACO-FSIC, Mr. Kayode Fasua, in a statement in Akure on Monday, said the emergence of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the primary poll held between Saturday and Sunday, had lent credence to the general demand for continuity of the Aiyedatiwa-led...

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo state, has clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket for the November 16 election. Usman Ododo, Kogi state governor and chairman of the election organising committee, declared Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the party’s primary in the early hours of Monday. Ododo said Aiyedatiwa secured 48,569 votes to defeat his closest challengers — Mayowa Akinfolarin who had 15,343 votes and Olusola Oke who polled 14,915 votes. Aiyedatiwa won in 16 of the 18 LGAs in the state while Oke won in Ilaje local government area. The election was cancelled in Ifedore LGA due to issues of violence. The primary election which many aspirants have said is full of irregularities.

The All Progressives Congress 2024 governorship primary committee in Ondo State has declared the Saturday primary inconclusive. This is contained in a statement by the chairman of the committee, Governor Usman Ododo, on Sunday morning. The statement said that a rerun election would take place in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government, with a total of 9,515 registered voters. Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 wards in the 18 local governments of Ondo State, the Primary Election Committee has decided that the election will be conducted in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government, with a total of 9,515 registered members. “ We have validated reports that the exercise did not hold in the local government due to the late arrival of electoral materia...

In a show of solidarity and support ahead of the upcoming April 27 Local Government election in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has donated a total sum of N13 million to the party and its candidates. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas, Senator Alli's donation was aimed at enhancing the campaign efforts of the party and its candidates. The announcement of the donation was made during a meeting with the candidates at the party Secretariat in Ibadan, where Senator Alli reaffirmed his dedication to fostering unity and progress within the party. The significant contribution was distributed strategically to support the nine local government chairmanship candidates in Oyo South with N300,000 each, while the 99 councillors rece...