The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC), Ifeoluwa Ehindero as the winner of Akoko North-East/ Akoko North-West Federal constituency bye-election in Ondo State.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Fasinmirin of the Federal University of Technology, Akure(FUTA) announced the results at the collation centre held at Victory College, Ikare-Akoko.
Fasinmirin said that the APC candidate polled 35,504 votes to defeat his closest rival Bada Olalekan of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) which had 15,328 votes.
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According to him, total valid votes is 51,341.
Total rejected votes 555, while total votes cast is 51,896.
AIT’s Olusola Adesuyan reports that the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal constituency became vacant after President Bola Tinubu appointed Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who occupied the position, as a minister.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
