Politics
Updated: October 10, 2020

POLL RESULT: Electorates Tip Eyitayo Jegede To Win Ondo Governorship Election

By Chukwuemeka Joseph
October 10, 2020
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Ahead of the Governorship election that is billed to start in few hours time, voters in Ondo State have predicted that Eyitayo Jegede, the candidate of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will emerge victorious at the election.

An opinion poll conducted by AllNews, and targeted at the Ondo electorates, showed that the majority of the respondents that partook in the opinion poll predicted Jegede to emerge victorious ahead of Rotimi Akeredolu of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ajayi Agboola of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

The poll was created to find out who the Ondo electorates will want to emerge as the governor of Ondo state at the October 10 governorship election.

The election which is believed to be a very open one has 17 political parties fielding candidates to contest for the governorship seat, with much focus placed on Akeredolu, Agboola, and Jegede.

While 28.57 per cent of the respondents tipped the incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to emerge victorious at the poll, Ajayi Agboola tied with the candidate of Labour Party garnering 7.14 per cent each of respondent's votes.

57.14 per cent of the respondents predicted that the main opposition Eyitayo Jegede will emerge as the winner of the governorship election.