2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election

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2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election
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Turnout31.6% Decrease2.svg1.85pp
 
Nominee Rotimi Akeredolu Eyitayo Jegede Agboola Ajayi
Party APC PDP ZLP
Running mate Lucky Aiyedatiwa Gboluga Ikengboju Gboye Adegbenro
Popular vote292,830195,79169,127
Percentage51.1%34.2%12.1%
2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election.png
LGA results
Akeredolu:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Jegede:     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Rotimi Akeredolu
APC

Elected Governor

Rotimi Akeredolu
APC

The 2020 Ondo State gubernatorial election was held on 10 October 2020. Incumbent APC governor Rotimi Akeredolu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Eyitayo Jegede, ZLP Agboola Ajayi and several minor party candidates.

Contents

Rotimi Akeredolu was the APC candidate. [1] He picked Lucky Aiyedatiwa as his running mate. [2]

Eyitayo Jegede was the PDP candidate with Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate. [3] [4] Agboola Ajayi was the ZLP candidate with Gboye Adegbenro as his running mate. [5] [6] [7] [8] Adedapo Benjamin Adelegan stood in for ADC in the polls, while Dotun Ojon represented YPP. [9] 17 candidates contested in the election, all were male, while 2 of the deputy governorship candidates were female. [10]

Electoral system

The governor of Ondo State is elected using the plurality voting system.

Primary election

APC primary

The APC primary election was held on 20 July 2020. Rotimi Akeredolu, the incumbent governor won the primary election polling 2,725 votes against 7 other candidates. His closest rival was Olusola Oke, a former governorship aspirant in the state who came a distant second with 262 votes, while Isaac Kekemeke, came third with 19 votes. [11] [1]

Candidates

PDP primary

The PDP primary election was held on 22 July 2020. Eyitayo Jegede won the primary election polling 888 votes against 7 other candidates. His closest rival was Agboola Ajayi, deputy governor in the state who came second with 675 votes, while Eddy Olafeso, a former vice chairman of the party in the state came a distant third with 175 votes. [12] [3]

Candidates

Results

A total of 17 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. [9] APC Governor Rotimi Akeredolu won re-election for a second term, defeating PDP Eyitayo Jegede, ZLP Agboola Ajayi and several minor party candidates. Akeredolu received 51.1% of the votes, Jegede received 34.2%, while Ajayi received 12.1%. [13]

The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,812,634 while 595,213 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 591,193, while number of valid votes was 572,745. Rejected votes were 18,448. [13]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rotimi Akeredolu All Progressives Congress 292,83051.13
Eyitayo Jegede People's Democratic Party 195,79134.18
Agboola Ajayi Zenith Labour Party 69,12712.07
Martin Kunle Olateru-Olagbegi Action Democratic Party 3,4640.60
Fasua Peter Oyeleye Social Democratic Party 3,0530.53
Adelegan Adedapo Oluwaseyi African Democratic Congress 2,4400.43
Okunade Taiwo Labour Party 1,9770.35
Adeleye Adekunle Peter African Action Congress 8140.14
Babatunde Francis Alli People's Redemption Party 6690.12
Adesanya Olaoluwa Action Peoples Party 5270.09
Funmilayo Jenyo Ataunoko National Rescue Movement 4680.08
Ojon Dotun Young Progressives Party 3980.07
Aminu Akeem Olarenwaju Allied Peoples Movement 3090.05
Rotimi Adeleye Akindejoye Accord 2920.05
Olowoloba Dele All Progressives Grand Alliance 2710.05
Ojajuni Joseph Eniola New Nigeria Peoples Party 2220.04
Joshua Oluwafemi Adewole Action Alliance 930.02
Total572,745100.00
Valid votes572,74596.88
Invalid/blank votes18,4483.12
Total votes591,193100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,812,63432.62
Source: INEC, INEC

By local government area

Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 572,745 represents the 17 political parties that participated in the election. Blue represents LGAs won by Akeredolu. Green represents LGAs won by Jegede. [14] [15]

CountyRotimi Akeredolu

APC

Eyitayo Jegede

PDP

Total Votes
#%#%#
Ifedore 9,35044%11,85256%21,202
Ile Oluji/Okeigbo 13,27859%9,23141%22,509
Irele 12,64369.7%5,49330.3%18,136
Akoko North-East 16,57266.4%8,38033.6%24,952
Akoko South-East 21,23258.5%15,05541.5%36,287
Akoko North-West 15,80960.5%10,32039.5%26,129
Ondo East 6,48561.6%4,04938.4%10,534
Akure North 9,54643.8%12,26356.2%21,809
Owo 35,95787.1%5,31112.9%41,268
Idanre 11,28660.1%7,49939.9%18,785
Akoko South-East 9,41970.2%4,00329.8%13,422
Akure South 17,27726.6%47,62773.4%64,904
Ose 15,12264.2%8,42135.8%23,543
Okitipupa 19,26665%10,36735%29,633
Ondo West 15,97760.1%10,62739.9%26,604
Odigbo 23,57171.3%9,48528.7%33,056
Ilaje 26,65770.5%11,12829.5%37,785
Ese Odo 13,38374.1%4,68025.9%18,063
Totals292,83051.1%195,79134.2%572,745

Aftermath

Later in October, Jegede officially challenged the results at the Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal based on four alleged issues: irregularities in the results, violence, intimidation of voters, and improper holding of the APC primary. This challenge was filed as Akeredolu had already set up a 25-member inaugural committee headed by Deputy Governor-elect Lucky Aiyedatiwa. [16] The Tribunal held first its proceedings on the case on November 4 [17] and its inaugural sitting on December 8, which was met with considerable violence between APC and PDP supporters outside the High Court Complex. [18] After Akeredolu was sworn in for a second term in office on February 24, 2021, [19] the Tribunal reached an April 20 verdict in favor of Akeredolu by dismissing Jegede’s petition for lack of merit. [20]

After the verdict, Akeredolu told Jegede to join him in uniting Ondo and to avoid further litigation, [21] however, the Ondo State PDP said it would appeal the tribunal's decision. [22] The PDP appeal to the Court of Appeal in Akure failed as well with the court's Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua-led five-member panel dismissing their case. [23] however, the Ondo State PDP said it would appeal the tribunal's decision. [24] Nonetheless, the Ondo PDP immediately announced that they would appeal to the Supreme Court while Akeredolu once again called for Jegede to avoid litigation to unite the state and claimed that Jegede will lose at the Supreme Court as well. [25]

On 28 July 2021, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the Court of Appeal and Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal in a 4-3 decision. The majority opinion stated that while Jegede may have been correct in that Mai Mala Buni was not legitimately the national APC Caretaker Chairman and thus could not nominate Akeredolu, since Jegede failed to name Buni in the appeal, it must be dismissed. The dissenting opinion held that since the APC itself was named in the case, the appeal could have been heard. [26] [27] [28] After the ruling, Jegede finally conceded while Akeredolu praised the judiciary and his legal team. [29] [30] The parties reacted similarly, with the APC commending the decision while the PDP stated its respect for the judiciary but claimed that the reason for the decision effectively vindicated their case. [31]

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