Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Independent National Electoral Commission says all results in the Ondo State governorship election, will be in \u201chopefully\u201d by Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
INEC National Commissioner, Prof Anthonia Simbine, made this known during a television programme in Akure, the state capital, on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Simbine said about 70 per cent of the results from all polling units in the state have been uploaded on INEC results viewing portal.<\/p>\n
She, however, pointed out that the Commission was mindful of the fact that the state was riverine in nature and, therefore, results from some areas in the state would come in late.<\/p>\n
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the three major candidates in the election \u2014Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s Eyitayo Jegede; Zenith Labour Party\u2019s Agboola Ajayi; as well as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress \u2014 won their individual polling units.<\/p>\n
When asked when a winner would be announced, the INEC official said, \u201cI don\u2019t think we can say for definite now. We all know that Ondo State is quite large with varying types of terrains including going over the seas.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the results have to come in before we can really say.<\/p>\n
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Africa Press-Nigeria: The Independent National Electoral Commission says all results in the Ondo State governorship election, will be in \u201chopefully\u201d by Sunday afternoon. INEC National Commissioner, Prof Anthonia Simbine, made this known during a television programme in Akure, the state capital, on Saturday evening. Simbine said about 70 per cent of the results from all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":17570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[251,613],"class_list":["post-31001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-inec","tag-ondo-state"],"yoast_head":"\n