The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the Gateway State.
Prof. Duro Oni, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, who is the state Returning Officer for the election, made the declaration on Sunday in Abeokuta.
He also stated how Amosun won the election in majority of the 20 councils in the South-West state.
Amosun, who contested the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), beat Mr Gboyega Isiaka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the second position.
According to the returning officer, Amosun won in 11 out of the 20 local government areas in the state.
He said that the governor polled 306,988 votes of the total 578,378 votes cast in the election in which 16 political parties contested.
Oni explained that 599, 486 voters were accredited out of the total 1,759,754 registered voters in the state, adding that 22, 948 votes were voided out of the total 578,378 votes cast.
The returning officer said that elections were cancelled for various reasons in nine polling centres at Odeda, Sagamu and Ogun, all waterside local governments areas of the state.
Oni, however, said that the 2,343 votes from the centres where the elections were cancelled did not affect the result of the election.
Below is the final result of the election in all the 20 local governments:
1). Ewekoro
APC – 10, 735
PDP – 3, 275
2). Remo North
APC – 7, 365
PDP – 6, 567
SDP – 923
3). Ijebu Ode
APC – 10, 570
PDP – 11, 381
4). Odeda LG
APC – 10, 637 PDP – 3, 633
5). Abeokuta North
APC – 22, 740
PDP – 6, 371
SDP – 1, 439
6). Ijebu North East
APC – 5, 992 PDP – 6, 780
7). Abeokuta South
APC – 35, 511
PDP – 10, 288
8). Obafemi/Owode LG
APC – 16, 333 PDP – 6, 637
9). Ikenne
APC -11, 085 PDP – 8, 686
10). Ifo
APC – 28, 596 PDP – 5, 818
11). Imeko/Afon
APC – 8, 253 PDP – 12, 412
12). Odogbolu
APC – 10, 129 PDP – 10, 430
13). Ado-Odo/Ota
APC – 36, 108
PDP – 13, 763
14). Egbado South
APC – 10, 844
PDP – 12, 915
15). Ipokia
APC – 16, 240
PDP – 16, 877
16). Ijebu North
APC – 14, 317
PDP – 18, 787
17). Sagamu
APC – 18, 491
PDP – 14, 011
18). Ogun Waterside
APC – 8, 468
PDP – 7, 400
19). Ijebu East
APC – 8, 980
PDP – 9, 408
20). Egbado North
APC – 15, 594
PDP – 16, 001
