The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has won 16 out of the 18 chairmanship seats in the local government elections in Ondo State.
The Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, Joseph Aeemo, made this declaration at the headquarters of the commission in Akure on Sunday.
Aeemo said while the rescheduled election is being held in Ondo West LGA, results are being expected from Owo LGA.
Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, withdrew from the election before the poll only twelve political parties to contest the chairmanship and councillorship offices in the elections held on Saturday, January 18th, 2025.
The 12 political parties that contested in the election include: Action Alliance, Action Democratic Party, Action People’s Party, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Boot Party, and Labour Party.
Others include the National Rescue Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressive Party, and Zenith Labour Party.
Before the Saturday poll, the last council election in the state was conducted on August 23, 2020, with the tenure of the elected council officials elapsing on August 22, 2023.
