PDP wins 19 House seats in Ondo as two die

The PDP in Ondo State won 19 of the 24 house of Assembly seats
declared by INEC in the last Saturday election just as two hoodlums
were shot dead for hijacking electoral materials.
It’s main opposition APC secured five seats while the results of Ilaje 1
and 11 constituencies were declared inconclusive.
The PDP won in Idanre, Ifedore, Ese Odo, Akure South 1, Akure North,
Akoko South East, Akoko North West 11, Akoko North East, Ile-Oluji/
Okeigbo, Irele, Odigbo 1 and Odigbo11, Okitipupa 1 and Okitipupa 11,
Ondo East, Ondo West 1 and Ondo West 11, Ose, and Owo 1.
The opposition APC won the seats in Owo11, Akoko North West 1,
Akoko South West 1, Akoko South west 11 and Akure South 11.
Addressing newsmen in Akure yesterday on the outcome of the
Saturday poll, the Resident Electoral Commissioner Olusegun Agbaje
said that the two electoral offenders were shot dead by Naval Officers
in the oil rich Ilaje areas of the state.
Agbaje added that eight guns, six mobile phones belonging to INEC
Ad-Hoc staff and other materials belonging to the commission were
recovered from the hoodlums.
Speaking on the election results Agbaje said over 35,000 voters were
disenfranchised in the 73 units in Ilaje constituencies where electoral
materials were hijacked by the hoodlums.
Agbaje said that the election was characterized by low turn out of
voters across the state and pockets of security breaches in some local
government areas.
He listed the areas to include Akoko North West, Akoko south West,
Ese Odo, Idanre, Ilaje, Irele, Okitipupa,Ondo East, Owo and Ose.