I’m shocked I lost in Akure three LGs – Akeredolu

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of Saturday’ s governorship poll in the state .

Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress polled 292, 830 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Mr Eyitayo Jegede , who scored 195 , 791 votes , and Mr Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party , who recorded 69 , 127 votes .

Akeredolu won in 15 out of the 18 local government councils of the state .

The governor , however , expressed shocked to have lost the three local government areas in the state capital – Akure South , Akure North and Ifedore .

The governor , who spoke on Channels TV on Monday, said winning in 15 local governments out of 18 was a slight improvement on his performance in the 2016 election .

He said , “ I’ m shocked at what happened in Akure , because I take Akure South, Akure North and Ifedore as one Akure . So, I’ m shocked at the development there . But I’ ll put that behind me. I’ ll move forward .

“ I thought I would win in Akure , because I worked in those three local governments , where the people turned against us . But it ’ s alright by me. We ’ ll forget it . ”

He also expressed confidence in the ability of his deputy governor - elect , Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa, saying he would be loyal .

“ But what I’ ll say is that matters like this do repeat themselves , but it cannot come from the deputy who I’ ve chosen now . I have a lot of confidence in him . I don’ t see him behaving like the former one , ” the governor said .