The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has gained 16 out of the 18 chairmanship seats within the native authorities elections in Ondo State.
The Chairman of the Ondo State Unbiased Electoral Fee, ODIEC, Joseph Aeemo, made this declaration on the headquarters of the fee in Akure on Sunday.
Aeemo mentioned whereas the rescheduled election is being held in Ondo West LGA, outcomes are being anticipated from Owo LGA.
DAILY POST gathered that solely twelve political events contested for the chairmanship and councillorship workplaces within the elections held on Saturday.
Earlier than the ballot, the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, introduced its choice to withdraw from the election, saying it doesn’t imagine within the Ondo State Unbiased Electoral Fee to conduct a reputable election.
The 12 political events that contested within the election embrace: Motion Alliance, Motion Democratic Occasion, Motion Folks’s Occasion, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Boot Occasion, and Labour Occasion.
Others embrace the Nationwide Rescue Occasion, New Nigeria Peoples Occasion, Social Democratic Occasion, Younger Progressive Occasion, and Zenith Labour Occasion.
Earlier than the Saturday ballot, the final council election within the state was carried out on August 23, 2020, with the tenure of the elected council officers elapsing on August 22, 2023.
Since then, the administration of the 18 council areas of the state has been managed by civil servants, particularly the Heads of Native Authorities Administrations.
Nevertheless, after a number of postponements, the Ondo State Unbiased Electoral Fee lastly mounted January 18, 2025, for the conduct of the election.
