About 1,793,914 eligible voters scattered across the 18 local governments of the State are heading to the polls to elect their new governor today, November 16, 2024.
Despite INEC clearing 17 political parties to participate in the exercise, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are the major contenders in the race.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured Ondo voters that it would not disappoint them in today’s governorship election expressing its readiness for the poll.
INEC National Commissioner Supervising Ondo, Ogun and Osun States, Professor Kunle Ajayi, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics on Friday said the electoral empire won’t disappoint them as they file out in their numbers to elect a new governor.
“We have done our own work, we are proud of what we have done and we will not disappoint the people of Ondo State,” he said.
Recall that on Thursday, INEC commenced the sensitive materials to various local government areas of Ondo State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
The distribution was carried out at the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State, under the watch of party agents, armed policemen, and several commercial buses hired by the Commission.
The INEC National Commissioner noted that unlike the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, all the registered areas in Ondo State have received their sensitive materials.
“I want to assure you that everything will go well. As of 3 pm, all the Registered Areas (RAs) all their sensitive materials. The next thing is to move to the Polling Unit (PU). I toured some of the RAs this afternoon,” he added.
