Akeredolu applauds Ondo people after election victory

Rotimi Akeredole has thanked the people of Ondo state following his emergence as governor-elect of Ondo state.

Although the result of the election has not been announced, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to confidently emerge victorious after he scored 195,605 votes.

His closest challenger, Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP scored 116,580 votes while Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, currently has 85,207 votes.

Akeredolu took to his twitter page to thank the people of Ondo as he awaits the official confirmation of his victory from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

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