The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the 18 chairmanship and 203 councilorship seat in the Local Government (LG) election held on Jan.18 in Ondo State.
Dr Joseph Aremo, Chairman, Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), made the announcement at the commission’s headquarters on Sunday night in Akure.
Aremo, who explained that the election was keenly contested by 13 different political parties, said it was peaceful without any casualty or loss of lives and properties during the exercise.
According to him, there are 203 wards and 18 Local Governments in Ondo State.
“The election across the 203 wards was keenly contested, and candidates sponsored by APC emerged as councilors elect in the 2025 local government election of Ondo State.
“Also for the chairmanship election as well, it was keenly contested and from presentations made at the respective LG level, the candidates of APC emerged winner across all the 18 councils,” he said.
Aremo, therefore, appreciated Ondo State residents for upholding the tenet of rule of law, and for coming out to vote for the candidates of their choices.
According to him, the presentation of the results show that Saturday’s election was free, fair, credible and transparent.
The chairman assured residents of the commission’s readiness to do more in subsequent elections, and called on political parties to play their roles in terms of voter education and participation.
“Whatever the short coming we might identify in the process, we will definitely improve, especially in the area of enlightement.
“But we cannot do it alone, because political parties must step up the desire to enlighten their members in terms of voter education and participation.
“Sovereignty ultimately belongs to the people and they should be allowed to choose whoever they want as their leaders,” he said.
NAN reports that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) withdrew their participation 48 hours to the election.
They alleged the lack of confidence in ODIEC to conduct free, credible, and transparent election.