By Julius Alabi reporting from Akure
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State appears set to clinch the All Progressives Congress primary with early results seen by our reporter in Akure and other parts of Ondo put him ahead.
The ruling party had announced that 171, 922 members drawn from the 203 wards of the 18 local government areas of the state will take part in today’s direct primary election.
There are 16 aspirants in the election with four of them as the front runners. They are; Aiyedatiwa, Olusola Oke, Jimoh Ibrahim and Wale Akinterinwa.
In Ajue, Ward 03 in Akure, election is already concluded with Aiyedatiwa polling 483 votes, Jimoh Ibrahim has 6 votes, Olusola Oke has 8 votes while Akinterinwa has 4 votes.
In Owo, Igboroko 2 Ward 3, Olusola Oke has zero vote, Jimoh Ibrahim has zero vote, Akinterinwa has zero vote while Lucky Aiyedatiwa has 516 votes.
In Ajagba Ward 8, Ayedatiwa has 205 votes, Jimoh Ibrahim has 20 votes.
In Ipele ward 7,Owo LG, Ayedatiwa has 756 votes while all his other opponents got zero votes.
In Akungba, Akoko-South West local government, Jimoh Ibrahim has 3 votes, Aiyedatiwa has 77 votes while Oke has 3 votes.
In ward 5 Akoko south west, Aiyedatiwa won 100 percent.
TheNiche had earlier predicted that Aiyedatiwa was in a pole position of winning the APC primary election as most of the political gladiators were all filed behind him.
