LIVE UPDATES: Ondo Governorship Election 2012

15.00

It’s now turning into a carnival in Akure. Vehicles belching loud music drive into the city centre; everybody is dancing.

12.05

Odigbo

Registered Voters: 127,985

Accredited Voters: 47,235

ACN: 14,740

LP: 13,748

PDP: 12,272

Total Valid Votes: 43,096

Invalid Votes: 2,655

Total Votes Cast: 45,751

Two P/Us cancelled. Collation officer says the number of accredited voters were less than the number of votes cast.

12.01

Ilaje 

Registered Voters: 114,312

Accredited Voters: 38,506

ACN: 5,793

LP: 8,538

PDP: 19,281

Total Valid Votes: 34,495

Invalid Votes: 1,962

Total Votes Cast: 36,457

The entire Ward 7 cancelled because election did not hold – INEC adhoc staff did not report to duty.

Some units in Ward 3 cancelled because the result sheet was mutilated – so many cancellations and alterations and no signatures on them.

Cancellations in a total of 32 polling units out of 271 units in the local government.

11.55

Labour Party agent insisting that results in some polling units in Ilaje be cancelled due to irregularities. INEC Returning Officer promises to address it.

08.55

Announcement of results adjourned till 10 a.m., to give “enough time” for collation at the three LG headquarters.

07.37

Akoko South East
ACN 3,330
LP: 6,316
PDP3,425

Total valid votes: 13,582
Invalid votes: 329
Total votes cast: 13,911

07.35

Ifedore

Registered Voters: 67,328
Accredited Voters: 23,923

ACN: 5,522
LP: 11,062
PDP: 3,978

Total Valid Votes: 22,223
Invalid Votes: 962
Total Votes Cast: 23,185

Returning Officer says the initial error was a result of “typographical error.”

07.35

Akoko North West

Registered Voters: 72,886
Accredited Voters: 31,629

ACN: 9,138
LP: 11,675
PDP: 7,847

Total Valid Votes: 29,706
Invalid Votes: 1,102
Total Votes Cast: 30,808

07.34

Akoko North West

Registered Voters: 72,886
Accredited Voters: 31,629

ACN: 9,138
LP: 11,675
PDP: 7,847

Total Valid Votes: 29,706
Invalid Votes: 1,102
Total Votes Cast: 30,808

07.34

Ondo West

Registered Voters: 161,086
Accredited Voters: 53,389

ACN: 7,225
LP: 31,280
PDP: 6,669

Total Valid Votes: 49,382
Invalid Votes: 2,328
Total Votes Cast: 51,710

07.34

Okitipupa

Registered Voters: 111,661
Accredited Voters: 46,945

ACN: 8,495
LP: 11,968
PDP: 21,024

Total Valid Votes: 43,295
Invalid Votes: 2,681
Total Votes Cast: 45,976

Two units cancelled in Igbotako. At the first unit, the votes exceeded the accredited voters. In the other unit, the votes there were snatched by hoodlums. No arrests yet.

07.33

Irele

Registered Voters: 56,218
Accredited Voters: 27,949

ACN: 5,066
LP: 9,435
PDP: 9,341

Total Valid Votes: 25,343
Invalid Votes: 1,694
Total Votes Cast: 27,037

07.30

Owo

Registered Voters: 124,025
Accredited Voters: 45,302

ACN: 17,967
LP: 14,870
PDP: 6,058

Total Valid Votes: 41,265
Invalid Votes: 2,811
Total Votes Cast: 44,076

Two P/Us cancelled. The presiding officer disappeared in one while total number of votes exceeded the total number of voters.

07.30

Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo

Registered Voters: 65,442
Accredited Voters: 31,209

ACN: 9,061
LP: 11,945
PDP: 6,521

Total Valid Votes: 29,111
Invalid Votes: 1,352
Total Votes Cast: 30,463

P/U 005 cancelled. The number of votes cast were more than the number of accredited voters.

07.29

Ondo East

Registered Voters: 38,646
Accredited Voters: 17,678

ACN: 2,750
LP: 8,404
PDP: 3,933

Total Valid Votes: 16,272
Invalid Votes: 813
Total Votes Cast: 17,085

07.24

Idanre

Registered Voters: 65,021
Accredited Voters: 33,031

ACN: 5,111
LP: 15,990
PDP: 5,923

Total Valid Votes: 29,789
Invalid Votes: 2,000
Total Votes Cast: 31,789

2 PU cancelled. The first, a violent disruption at exactly 12p.m. The second, at P/U 006, at 12.30p.m., there was a case of ballot box snatching.

07.20

Akure North

Registered Voters: 54,477
Accredited Voters: 25,054

ACN: 5,671
LP: 10,857
PDP: 4,916

Total Valid Votes: 23,195
Invalid Votes: 1,340
Total Votes Cast: 24,535

07.20

Ifedore
(Result for 10 wards)

Registered Voters: 67,328
Accredited Voters: 22,923

ACN: 5,522
LP: 11,062
PDP: 3,978

Total Valid Votes: 22,223
Invalid Votes: 962
Total Votes Cast: 23,185

07.19

Akoko South West

Registered Voters: 90,790
Accredited Voters: 41,669

ACN: 13,623
LP: 11,833
PDP: 12,331

Total Valid Votes: 39,310
Invalid: 1,601
Total Votes Cast: 40,911

07.19

Akoko South East
ACN 3,330
LP: 6,316
PDP3,425

Total valid votes: 13,582
Invalid votes: 329
Total votes cast: 13,911

07.17

Akure South

Registered Voters: 252,731
Accredited Voters: 86,343

ACN: 11,955
LP: 49,915
PDP: 12,467

Total Valid Votes: 79,959
Invalid Votes: 2,752
Total Votes Cast: 82,711

P/U 13, Ward 08 cancelled. Posts recorded exceeded accredited voters.

05.48

Announcement of results adjourned till 10 a.m., to give “enough time” for collation at the three LG headquarters.

05.46

The results in Ilaje, Ese-Odo, and Odigbo LGs still being awaited. INEC Returning Officer says they are “still locked up in the creeks.” 

02.23

Party agents, INEC officials now seated in the conference room waiting for the REC and other top INEC officers. #Ondodecides

20.24

Heavy military and police presence in and around the INEC office in Akure as collation continues.

19.54

Dozens of police officers in police trucks chant victory songs as they make their way back to the former police headquarters along Oyemekun road.

18.00

Governor Mimiko’s Ward 7: Polling units 20 & 21: LP – 348. ACN – 16. PDP – 11.

17.17

RESULT: P/U 005, Ijoka, Ondo West: LP – 174. ACN – 17. PDP – 9

17.11

RESULT: P/U 006, Ijoka, Ondo West: LP – 138. PDP – 23. ACN – 20.

17.10

Rotimi Akeredolu’s Polling unit in Owo (Unit 6, Ward 5): ACN – 139. ACPN – 3. BNPP -2. CPC -3. PDP -35. LP – 144.

16.59

At the governor’s polling unit, some journalists engage in a shouting match over the sharing of the governor’s N1m “appreciation money” for election observers.

16.54

Fight broke out at Igbotako. LP supporters wanted a stop in the counting of votes as ACN were in the lead. Soldiers have restored order.

15.53

State run Adaba FM reporting “unconfirmed” reports of ballot snatching at Alade area of the state.

15.50

Voting has been concluded in some parts of the state, and counting has begun.

14.51

Units 020, 002, and 023 in Ward 2, Akure South local council yet to receive ballot papers.

14.37

Polling unit at Army Secondary School, Ondo Road, requesting for more security officers. They say they have just one police officer and “a prison warder.”

14.30

Mr. Mimiko and his wife just cast their votes. The governor said that he expects a “landslide victory.”

14.27

Segun Mimiko, Ondo governor, waiting to cast his vote.

14.18

Layi Olurode, INEC National Commissioner, South West begs journalists for co-operation: “Don’t highlight the weaknesses, you should look at the strengths of this election…”

14.09

Voting is ongoing in polling units Ondo State at present. Most reports so far have been peaceful.

13.35

At the governor’s polling unit 020, Ward 07 in Ago Itunu; there are 1,126 registered voters. Only 413 are accredited to vote.

13.33

At the governor’s polling unit 020, Ward 07 in Ago Itunu; there are 1,126 registered voters. Only 413 are accredited to vote.

13.23

Voting about to begin at the governor’s polling unit. Voters line up under the hot, scorching sun.

13.03

The money sharing incident occured at Polling Unit 12 in Ward 2, Igbotako, Okitipupa local council.

12.59

Voting has begun at Ore. About four security officers present at each polling unit.

12.55

No ballot papers at Ward 2, Gbongi, Akure Road.

12.53

Accreditation still going on at the governor’s polling unit in Ondo West.

12.48

Accreditation has ended at Old Customs, Ondo road, Akure; but INEC officials saying that they don’t have enough voting material.

12.32

Money sharing spree at some polling. units at Igbotako. Okitipupa local council. The ACN giving out N600 per voter, while the LP doles out N700 per head. No sign of PDP.

12.30

Adaba FM station in Ondo reporting that there is still no security presence at Idanre, a rural community in the state.

12.17

Accreditation in most polling centres across the state have either winded up or in the closing stage. Thus far, exercise has been relatively peaceful. #Ondodecides

11.55

Olusegun Mimiko, the incumbent governor, just told journalists that he is worried about the lateness in election material getting to some areas in the state capital.

“That’s very disturbing, we are still investigating it. I will not pronounce any judgment on the general arrangement so far for we are still collating our reports from the various units and from the local governments,” Mr. Mimiko said.

11.18

Heavy military presence at the road leading to the state governor’s polling unit. About a dozen armed police officers at the polling unit. Plus a large turn out of voters – some seated under a rented canopy – waiting to be accredited or for voting to commence.

10.22

- Police refute claims of the arrest of Ondo Commissioner for Special Duties, Niran Sule- Akinsuyi in Owo.

- Voters at Idanre, Alade, and other rural communities in the state complain of absence of security agents

- At the Chief Magistrate court in Ayede Ogbese, a few kilometres from INEC office, material yet to arrive.

- Voting materials have arrived at Ijomu/Oke-Ijebu ward. Voters scramble for positions on the queue

- There is a strict enforcement of the ‘no movement’ order by soldiers at Oyemekun road.

- Some taxis and motorcyclists who had defied the directive have had their vehicles/motorcycles impounded by the armed soldiers.

- At the Chief Magistrate court in Ayede Ogbese, a few kilometres from INEC office, material yet to arrive.

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Source: Premium Times