Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has been declared? winner of Saturday's Governorship election having polled a total of 260,199 votes.
Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, the INEC Chief Returning officer, said that the PDP candidate, Chief Olusola Oke, came second with 155,961 votes, while Chief Rotimi Akeredolu of ACN who polled 143,512 votes came third.
Daramola, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), gave the total number of registered voters as 1, 639, 500 out of which? 645, 597 were? accredited.
According to the returning officer, total votes cast was 624,659 while 30, 415 votes were? void and 594, 244 votes were declared valid.
“Having satisfied all electoral requirements and having polled the highest number of votes,? I hereby declared Gov. Olusegun Mimiko as the winner of the election,'' Daramola said. ?
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