The Action Congress of Nigeria governorship
candidate in Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, was on Wednesday
declared the winner of the governorship election in the state by the
Independent National Electoral Commission.
The Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Olaiya Balogun, who announced the results on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said Amosun polled 377,487 votes to emerge winner.
He also said that the PDP governorship candidate, Maj.-Gen. Adetunji Olurin (retd.), came second with 188,698 votes, while his Peoples Party of Nigeria counterpart, Mr Gboyega Isiaka, scored 137,051 votes to emerge third.
The returning officer put the total votes cast at 764,384, out of which 34,713 votes were rejected, with 729,671 as the total valid votes cast during the election.
Balogun, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, said that Amosun scored 25 per cent votes in all the 20 local government areas of the state.
The governor-elect vowed not to abuse the goodwill enjoyed from the people of the state.
Both Amosun and the chairman of the party, Alhaji Tajudeen Bello, spoke in separate interviews with journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday shortly after the declaration of the governorship election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Amosun, who in his reaction ascribed his victory to God, vowed to carry all the people of the state along irrespective of political differences.
“If you are a governor, you are a governor for everybody, including the outgoing. From today, I believe we are all one irrespective of political parties. So, I am going to carry everybody along,” he stated.
He promised that his administration in the state would not witchhunt anybody while describing his own reaction promised that the people of the state would enjoy good governance under the ACN-led administration.
He attributed the victory of the ACN at the poll to the people’s disenchanted with the performance of the Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s led PDP administration in the state.
“We are taking our victory as a challenge and we are not going to abuse the goodwill and confidence reposed in us by the electorate. We are aware that we must not be disconnected from the people, because as a government, in as much as you remain connected with the people, you will be relevant,” he stated.
He stated that the emphasis of the ACN government in the state would be on the development of education from primary to secondary and tertiary education; provision of good roads and qualitative healthcare among others.
By Francis Falola, Sesan Olufowobi, Abeokuta, with agency report Courtesy Of: Punch
The Returning Officer for the governorship election, Prof. Olaiya Balogun, who announced the results on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said Amosun polled 377,487 votes to emerge winner.
He also said that the PDP governorship candidate, Maj.-Gen. Adetunji Olurin (retd.), came second with 188,698 votes, while his Peoples Party of Nigeria counterpart, Mr Gboyega Isiaka, scored 137,051 votes to emerge third.
The returning officer put the total votes cast at 764,384, out of which 34,713 votes were rejected, with 729,671 as the total valid votes cast during the election.
Balogun, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, said that Amosun scored 25 per cent votes in all the 20 local government areas of the state.
The governor-elect vowed not to abuse the goodwill enjoyed from the people of the state.
Both Amosun and the chairman of the party, Alhaji Tajudeen Bello, spoke in separate interviews with journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday shortly after the declaration of the governorship election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Amosun, who in his reaction ascribed his victory to God, vowed to carry all the people of the state along irrespective of political differences.
“If you are a governor, you are a governor for everybody, including the outgoing. From today, I believe we are all one irrespective of political parties. So, I am going to carry everybody along,” he stated.
He promised that his administration in the state would not witchhunt anybody while describing his own reaction promised that the people of the state would enjoy good governance under the ACN-led administration.
He attributed the victory of the ACN at the poll to the people’s disenchanted with the performance of the Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s led PDP administration in the state.
“We are taking our victory as a challenge and we are not going to abuse the goodwill and confidence reposed in us by the electorate. We are aware that we must not be disconnected from the people, because as a government, in as much as you remain connected with the people, you will be relevant,” he stated.
He stated that the emphasis of the ACN government in the state would be on the development of education from primary to secondary and tertiary education; provision of good roads and qualitative healthcare among others.
By Francis Falola, Sesan Olufowobi, Abeokuta, with agency report Courtesy Of: Punch
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