I Was Shocked That Akure People Turned Against Me – Akeredolu

Ondo state Governor-Elect, Rotimi Akeredolu has expressed shock that he lost the Saturday governorship election in three local government council areas in the central senatorial districts despite his developmental works in the councils.

Akeredolu said this during an interview on Channels Television monitored in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

The governor-elect lost Akure South, Akure North and lfedore council areas to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede in the governorship election held on Saturday across the 18 council areas of the state.

These three council areas in the state are considered the stronghold of Jegede.

Akeredolu in the poll won 15 of the 18 councils with 292,830 votes as against Jegede who the three councils areas polling 195,791votes. The candidate of the third force, Zenith Labour Party who didn’t win any council polled 69,127 votes While reacting to a question on winning 15 of the 18 councils in the election, the Governor-Elect said ” When it comes to the issue of winning 15 local governments, it’s just a slight improvement of what I did the last time.