Ladoja protests as INEC declares Ajimobi winner

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Amid protest by the Accord Party (AP) candidate, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of Oyo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
With the victory, Ajimobi becomes the first governor to be re-elected in the 39-year-old state.
He defeated Ladoja, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Teslim Folarin of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Seyi Makinde of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
APC also won 18 seats in the House of Assembly with AP winning eight seats while LP won six.
Returning Officer in the state, Prof. Ayobami Salami, said Ajimobi polled 327,310 to beat Ladoja, who polled 254,520 votes.
Alao-Akala came third with 184,111 votes, Folarin got 79,019 while Makinde had 54,740.
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Rufus Akeju, urged other candidates in the race to accept the result in good faith.
He implored them to emulate President Goodluck Jonathan who conceded defeat to the President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
He said: “The results show the beauty of democracy because they were products of a peaceful election. It is my duty to offer appreciation to the stakeholders such as the security agencies who ensured peace during the elections. The voters have spoken, so there is no point in blaming anybody. We must praise voters for coming out to cast their votes.
“My regret is that not everybody could get their Permanent Voter Cards. It is a teething problem that will be addressed. It is our plan to take our country to international acceptability in terms of fairness. Don’t blame anybody for your loss; the losers should be gallantry in defeat. The winner should be
humble because every beginning has an end.‎
Below is the full result:
AFIJIO
Accord-4,590
APC-‎5,087
LP-3,743‎
PDP-1,735‎
SDP-‎433

‎SAKI EAST
Accord-2,955‎
APC-4,746‎
LP-3,078‎
PDP-1,598‎
SDP-‎928

EGBEDA‎
‎Accord-1,5811
APC-13,495‎
LP-2,097‎
PDP-‎2,625
SDP-‎2,625

OORELOPE
‎Accord-3,802
APC-4,730‎
LP-6,255‎
PDP-1,452‎
SDP-‎572

KAJOLA ‎
‎Accord-2,827
APC-13,436‎
LP-3,544‎
PDP-6,123‎
SDP-‎1,205

ATISBO‎
‎Accord-3,257
APC-7,132‎
LP-2,862‎
PDP-2,339‎
SDP-‎1,156

IBARAPA CENTRAL‎
Accord-5,921‎
APC-5,084‎
LP-2,187‎
PDP-3,201‎
SDP-826‎

‎ATIBA
Accord-3,734‎
APC-10,396‎
LP-7,656‎
PDP-1,396‎
SDP-‎587

‎ONA ARA
Accord-8,887‎
APC-7,434‎
LP-1,592‎
PDP-2,512‎
SDP-891‎

IBARAPA NORTH ‎
‎Accord-4,509
APC-5,317‎
LP-3,317‎
PDP-3,373‎
SDP-‎776

AKINYELE‎
‎Accord-4,509
APC-5, 317‎
LP-3,842‎
PDP-3,373‎
SDP-‎776

OLUYOLE‎
‎Accord-10,535
APC-11,903‎
LP-1,542‎
PDP-1,953‎
SDP-‎1,687

‎IWAJOWA
Accord-2,980‎
APC-‎7,990
LP-1,478‎
PDP-4,198‎
SDP-‎719

ISEYIN
‎Accord-8,410
APC-19,547‎
LP-4,136‎
PDP-1,663‎
SDP-‎1,504

OGBOMOSO ‎SOUTH
‎Accord-2,097
APC-3,571‎
LP-19,351‎
PDP-1,647‎
SDP-‎224

‎ITESIWAJU
Accord-1,404
APC-5,661‎
LP-2,805
PDP-‎4,773
SDP-‎822

IBADAN NORTH WEST‎
‎Accord-9,826
APC-12,491‎
LP-4,413‎
PDP-2,164‎
SDP-‎3,959

‎IDO
Accord-8,194‎
APC-10,912‎
LP-2,856‎
PDP-1,724‎
SDP-‎1,292

‎OYO WEST
Accord-5,865‎
APC-10,337‎
LP-3,771‎
PDP-1,416‎
SDP-‎690

OYO EAST‎
Accord-8,472‎
APC-10,037‎
LP-2,765‎
PDP-1,393‎
SDP-‎785

‎IBADAN SOUTH EAST
Accord-16,460‎
APC-16,411‎
LP-5,335‎
PDP-2,937‎
SDP-‎2,150

LAGELU‎
‎Accord-10,787
APC-10,286‎
LP-1,601‎
PDP-1,776‎
SDP-1,076‎

ORIIRE
‎Accord-3,836
APC-7,014‎
LP-9,543‎
PDP-‎3,978
SDP-‎2,815

OGO OLUWA‎
‎Accord-3,169
APC-5,012‎
LP-5,974‎
PDP-848‎
SDP-‎377

OLORUNSOGO ‎
Accord-3,284
APC-4,471‎
LP-3,527‎
PDP-‎434
SDP-‎176

‎IBARAPA EAST
Accord-5,383‎
APC-6,963‎
LP-1738‎
PDP-2,497‎
SDP-‎3,021

SAKI WEST‎
Accord-7,702‎
APC-13,093‎
LP-8,368‎
PDP-3,782‎
SDP-‎1,259

‎IREPO
Accord-4,770‎
APC-6,448‎
LP-2,389‎
PDP-494‎
SDP-‎1,754

‎SURULERE
Accord-4,052‎
APC-5,284‎
LP-‎9,675
PDP-2,575‎
SDP-‎676‎.

But Ladoja rejected the result, citing election malpractices.
The Accord Party’s agent, Nureni Adisa, refused to sign the result sheet, saying that the party would seek avenues to challenge the results.
He said: “My party has decided not to sign the election result because we believe that the result does not reflect the true position of Saturday’s election. There were widespread malpractices, allocation of votes and all manner of electoral fraud. At the appropriate time, we will let the public know the step we are taking.
“We have our men on the field who informed us how votes were allocated. We have been saying it long before now that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Rufus Akeju, is partial. We knew he was a partial umpire after the presidential election and we wrote a petition to Abuja that he should be changed. We have checked the results submitted by our party agents and found out that they were not the same with what the INEC announced”.

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