Expect better service, Aiyedatiwa promises Ondo residents after winning guber poll

By Idris Temidayo

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, says his victory in Saturday’s governorship election is a call to deliver more for the people of the state.

Aiyedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, won the election in all 18 LGAs, beating Ajayi Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Olayemi Akinwumi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, announced the results in Akure, the state capital, on Sunday.

Aiyedatiwa polled 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ajayi, who garnered 117,845 votes.

Nejo Adeyemi, candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), came a distant third with 4,138 votes.

Speaking to reporters after he was declared the winner of the poll, the Ondo governor promised better days for residents of the south-west state.

The governor said he is more in tune with the needs of the people, having visited every part of the state during campaigns.

“The people should expect better service. And that’s what they’ve been looking forward to because I campaigned across the entire local government,” he said.

“The only candidate that went through the entire local government, not just the capital city of the local government, all communities.

“In almost all the communities we visited, we saw the roads and the way they look like, the environment they are living in, we heard their voices, we read their messages, and we listened and responded to questions and their yearnings and aspirations.

“So, they have that belief that their hope is in me. They believe that whatever we say is what we will do. We will not tell them what we cannot do. We will do all that we have promised within the limited resources available to us.”