Ondo election: Akure calm, as Jegede’s supporters await results
Akure township, the capital of Ondo State,
remains calm and devoid of any crisis or
celebration as the people await the
declaration of the just concluded
governorship election in the state.
One of the major contestants for the
position of the governor, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede
(SAN) of the Peoples Democratic Party,
hails from the town.
His supporters gathered in groups to
discuss the outcome of the results as being
put together by his supporters at different
units when our correspondent went round
the town.
While some were optimistic of his
emergence, others felt that the results being
bandied about by APC agents were
dangerous for their ambition.
For example, those at Jegede’s poling unit
wondered how the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Mr. Rotimi Akeredou
(SAN) could have the figure he had in their
son’s (Jegede) unit, whereas Akeredolu
trounced his opponent in his (Akeredolu)
ward.
At Jegede’s Unit Ward 2, Unit 009, PDP had
184, while the APC scored 77 votes.
Where Akeredolu voted, his party, the APC
had 413 votes, as against 13 votes that
Jegede’s PDP got.
In some of the polling units in the state
capital, Akeredolu was said to be leading
as well.
One of Jegede’s supporters, Mr. Adaralekun
Soji, said he still believes that their son and
candidate would win.
“We still have the hope of winning the
election, even though we are campaigning
in a very hostile environment,” he said.
remains calm and devoid of any crisis or
celebration as the people await the
declaration of the just concluded
governorship election in the state.
One of the major contestants for the
position of the governor, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede
(SAN) of the Peoples Democratic Party,
hails from the town.
His supporters gathered in groups to
discuss the outcome of the results as being
put together by his supporters at different
units when our correspondent went round
the town.
While some were optimistic of his
emergence, others felt that the results being
bandied about by APC agents were
dangerous for their ambition.
For example, those at Jegede’s poling unit
wondered how the candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Mr. Rotimi Akeredou
(SAN) could have the figure he had in their
son’s (Jegede) unit, whereas Akeredolu
trounced his opponent in his (Akeredolu)
ward.
At Jegede’s Unit Ward 2, Unit 009, PDP had
184, while the APC scored 77 votes.
Where Akeredolu voted, his party, the APC
had 413 votes, as against 13 votes that
Jegede’s PDP got.
In some of the polling units in the state
capital, Akeredolu was said to be leading
as well.
One of Jegede’s supporters, Mr. Adaralekun
Soji, said he still believes that their son and
candidate would win.
“We still have the hope of winning the
election, even though we are campaigning
in a very hostile environment,” he said.
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