Faduyile of APC Wins Ondo South Senatorial By-Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Faduyile of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Ondo South Senatorial by-election. Faduyile received 68,474 votes, defeating his closest rival, Adeolu Akinwumi of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who garnered 1,411 votes.

Other candidates included Olaoluwa Adesanya from the Action Peoples Party (APP) with 213 votes and Funso Clement from the Boot Party (BP) with 70 votes. A total of 70,168 valid votes were cast, with 602 votes rejected, bringing the total vote count to 70,770.

The election was held to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of former Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria's permanent representative to the United Nations. Prof.

Gbenga Samuel announced the results, confirming that Faduyile met the legal requirements and scored the highest number of valid votes.