BREAKING: Gov Abiodun Defeats PDP’s Adebutu With 13,915 Votes In Ogun

The incumbent Ogun State governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun, has been declared winner of the Ogun State governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Abiodun won in 12 Local Government Areas of the State, while his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Ladi Adebutu, won in the remaning eight Local Government Areas.

Surprisingly, the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-backed candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Barr. Olubiyi Otegbeye, did not win any of the local government areas of the State as he took distant third position in the race.

Amosun, who is a chieftain of the ruling APC and the immediate-past governor of the State, was believed to have possessed influence that might tilt the 2023 governorship election in favour of the ADC candidate other than Abiodun, a fellow party man.

In the results of the gubernatorial election announced by INEC’s Returning Officer (R.O), Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the APC candidate, Abiodun emerged winner of the governorship election having polled a total votes of 276, 298 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adebutu Oladipupo Olatunde, who scored a total votes of 262, 383 out of the entire 645,133 total votes cast.

Meanwhile, the PDP in the State has rejected the outcome, saying given the number of cancelled votes higher than the number of margin of lead between the two candidates, the election ought to be declared inconclusive by the Returning Officer based on the relevant provision of the Electoral Act, 2022.

See full results below:

1. ODEDA LGA

APC: 11, 098
PDP: 8, 050
NNPP: 31
ADC: 3, 651

2. EGBADO NORTH LGA

APC: 15, 331
PDP: 11, 627
NNPP: 64
ADC: 12, 190

3. EGBADO SOUTH LGA

APC: 15, 047
PDP: 10, 913
NNPP: 75
ADC: 6, 435

4. EWEKORO LGA

APC: 8, 192
PDP: 7, 449
NNPP: 60
ADC: 3, 881

5. ABEOKUTA SOUTH LGA

APC: 19, 689
PDP: 24, 175
NNPP: 99
ADC: 9, 264

6. IJEBU NORTH LGA

APC: 18, 815
PDP: 15, 904
NNPP: 22
ADC: 2, 393

7. IKENNE LGA

APC: 9,125
PDP: 12, 472
NNPP: 09
ADC: 336

* Results of 10 polling units were cancelled due to violence and disruption of elections.

8. IJEBU NORTH-EAST LGA

APC: 5,408
PDP: 7,086
NNPP: 27
ADC: 1,448

* Ballot paper snatching at ward 6, unit 2. The result was cancelled.

9. IJEBU-ODE LGA

APC: 12, 907
PDP: 10, 714
NNPP: 36
ADC: 1, 348

10. ABEOKUTA NORTH LGA

APC: 14,294
PDP: 12,622
NNPP: 34
ADC: 9,143

* Results of three units in Ward 6 were cancelled due to violence.

11. IJEBU EAST LGA

APC: 7, 883
PDP: 11, 242
NNPP: 45
ADC: 1, 885

* There was cancellation in unit 6, ward 9 due to violence.

12. REMO NORTH LGA

APC: 4, 306
PDP: 8,177
NNPP: 06
ADC: 327

* Cancellation of results in four wards of seven polling units due BVAS malfunction and violence.

13. IPOKIA LGA

APC: 21,338
PDP: 19,189
NNPP: 46
ADC: 1,897

14. ODOGBOLU LGA

APC: 9,143
PDP: 12,963
NNPP: 10
ADC: 1,281

* There was cancellations in 14 polling units due violence and refusal to use BVAS.

15. OGUN WATERSIDE LGA

APC: 5,878
PDP: 7,716
NNPP: 56
ADC: 2,575

* Cancellation in two wards due to violence and destruction of sensitive, non-sensitive materials and difficult terrain due to hyacinth.

16. IMEKO AFON LGA

APC: 9,591
PDP: 6,981
ADC: 6,124

17. ADO-ODO/OTA LGA

APC: 39, 006
PDP: 31, 022
NNPP: 194
ADC: 12, 174

18. OBAFEMI OWODE

APC: 15, 466
PDP: 11, 004
NNPP: 275
ADC: 5, 105

19. IFO LGA

ADC: 11,040
APC: 20,653
PDP: 16,052

20. SAGAMU LGA

ADC: 2,257
APC: 13,128
PDP: 17,025