INEC declares APC’s Faduyile winner of Ondo South Senatorial by-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Dayo Faduyile, winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election held on Saturday. Faduyile, a former National President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), defeated three other candidates to clinch the seat. The Returning Officer for the election, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Dayo Faduyile, winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election held on Saturday.
Faduyile, a former National President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), defeated three other candidates to clinch the seat.
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Gbenga Samuel, announced the result after the collation of votes from the six local government areas that make up the senatorial district.
According to the results released by INEC, 672,302 voters were registered for the election, while 70,811 voters were accredited to vote.
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Faduyile polled 68,474 votes to emerge victorious, while his closest rival, Adeolu Akinwumi of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), secured 1,411 votes.
Other candidates recorded lower scores, with Olaoluwa Adesanya of the Action Peoples Party (APP) polling 213 votes and Funso Clement of the Boot Party (BP) garnering 70 votes.
INEC said 70,168 valid votes were cast, while 602 votes were rejected, bringing the total number of votes counted to 70,770.
Declaring the result, Samuel said: “I hereby declare that Faduyile Adedayo of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes cast, is hereby declared the winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election.”
The Ondo South Senatorial seat became vacant following the appointment and confirmation of former senator, Jimoh Ibrahim, as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.