BRIEF ON ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION INFO ON ONDO STATE Ondo State, generally referred to as the “Sunshine State”, was created from the defunct Western Region on 3rd February 1976. It originally included what is now Ekiti State, which was split off in 1996. Ondo State occupies a land area of about 15,000 Square kilometers with a population of 3,441,924 people according to 2006 census. The State has eighteen (18) Local Government Areas, with Akure as the capital city as well as the largest settlement. NO. OF WARDS/ NO. OF POLLING S/N LGA RAs UNITS 1 AKOKO NORTH EAST 13 153 2 AKOKO NORTH WEST 10 169 3 AKOKO SOUTH EAST 11 77 4 AKOKO SOUTH WEST 15 189 5 AKURE NORTH 12 141 6 AKURE SOUTH 11 535 7 ESE-ODO 10 140 8 IDANRE 10 154 9 IFEDORE 10 166 10 ILAJE 12 289 11 ILEOLUJI/OKEIGBO 10 173 12 IRELE 10 148 13 ODIGBO 11 272 14 OKITIPUPA 13 258 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 1 15 ONDO EAST 10 100 16 ONDO WEST 12 331 17 OSE 12 135 18 OWO 11 264 Grand Total 203 3,694 NOTICE OF POLL: INEC, by a Notice of Poll on 27th June 2016, scheduled the Ondo State Governorship Election for Saturday, 26th November 2016 VOTING PROCESS Accreditation and Voting is simultaneous Poll closes by 2pm and voting ends when the last person on the line at 2pm casts his/her ballot. Collation begins immediately after voting ends REGISTER OF VOTERS/VOTERS’ REGISTRATION INEC conducted the Continuous Voters’ Registration for the state between 22nd June to 26th June 2016 and a total of 114,600 new voters were added to the register. The final Voters’ Register for Ondo State was published and presented to the public on 27th October 2016 The Voters’ Register details as at 31st Oct., 2016 are as follows: Number of Registered Voters: 1, 659,186 Number of Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs) Distributed: 1,201,553 Number of uncollected PVCs: 330,218 2 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF VOTER POPULATION MALE: - 819,638 (49.4%) FEMALE: - 839,548 (50.6%) NO. OF NO. OF S/N LGA POLLING NO. OF REG. VOTERS WARDS/RAs UNITS 1 AKOKO NORTH EAST 13 153 72,915 2 AKOKO NORTH WEST 10 169 65,780 3 AKOKO SOUTH EAST 11 77 31,964 4 AKOKO SOUTH WEST 15 189 93,355 5 AKURE NORTH 12 141 65,825 6 AKURE SOUTH 11 535 262,623 7 ESE-ODO 10 140 66,980 8 IDANRE 10 154 74,910 9 IFEDORE 10 166 71,105 10 ILAJE 12 289 126,112 11 ILEOLUJI/OKEIGBO 10 173 66,082 12 IRELE 10 148 60,265 13 ODIGBO 11 272 117,814 14 OKITIPUPA 13 258 99,791 15 ONDO EAST 10 100 45,052 16 ONDO WEST 12 331 155,639 17 OSE 12 135 63,397 18 OWO 11 264 119,577 1,659,186 Grand Total 203 3,694 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 3 PERSONNEL DEPLOYMENT INEC intends to deploy about 14,614 staff for the election, inclusive of ad-hoc personnel, for the Election. The breakdown of the staff include: Number of Presiding Officers (P.O): 3009 Number of Assist. Presiding Officers (APO) I: 3009 Number of Assist. Presiding Officers (APO) II: 3009 Number of Assist. Presiding Officers (APO) III: 3009 Number of Assist. Presiding Officers (APO) VP: 2055 Number of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPO): 301 Number of R.A Collation Officers (C.O): 203 Number of L.G.A Collation Officers (C.O): 18 Number of Returning Officer (R.O): 1 INEC would also be deploying a total number of 3,694 Smart Card Readers (SCR) for the election. LIST OF ELECTORAL OFFICERS AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER S/N LOCAL GOVT. ELECTORAL OFFICERS GSM AREA NUMBER 1. AKOKO NORTH EO OYEWALE EZEKIEL 08036572484 EAST (APO) OPS AYELABO SEGUN 07036708635 (APO) ADMIN AKINTULEWA KEMI 08032068846 (APO) RAC AWONIYI WANDE 07064273936 2. AKOKO NORTH EO ADEYEMO GBOYEGA 08033742544 WEST 4 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief (APO) OPS ADARAMOLA KEMI C. 08067019873 (APO) ADMIN OLALEYE O. 08062639098 (APO) RAC OGUNSINA TIMILEHIN 07035190917 3. AKOKO SOUTH EO ALH. ABIMBOLA AASA- 08033573050 EAST SADIQUE (APO) OPS FATAI BELLO 08037623414 (APO) ADMIN OLADAPO OMOJOLA 08146883266 (APO) RAC AKEREDOLU WALE 08035193880 4. AKOKO SOUTH EO AJALA OLUSEGUN 08033753031 WEST (APO) OPS ONAJOBI TOPE 08066073451 (APO) ADMIN AKIBOYEWA C.A 08038111859 (APO) RAC OGUNGBE TIMOTHY 08069034336 5. AKURE NORTH EO STELLA OMOLARA 08033507278 AKINKUNMI (MRS) (APO) OPS FATUKASI OLAMIDE 08037715095 (APO) ADMIN ABIMBOLA J 08030985657 (APO) RAC ADEBISI CAROLINE B. 08030421815 6. AKURE SOUTH EO AJAYI A.OLADEPO 08034390563 (APO) OPS OKENIYI BAYO 08033165158 (APO) ADMIN OWOLANKE STELLA 08035733272 (APO) RAC FAKOREDE MODUPE B. 08032306404 7. ESE-ODO EO ADEGOKE O. ADEBISI 08033636761 (APO) OPS AKINYEEYE BOLAJI 08031884208 (APO) ADMIN OLALEYE BOLARINWA O. 08037855025 (APO) RAC ADEMUSIRE J. 08068934308 8. IDANRE EO ROSEMARY ALABA 08036686083 ADENIYI (MRS) (APO) OPS SOMUYIWA T. Y. 08036708261 (APO) ADMIN OLAFUSI DORIS 08030727791 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 5 (APO) RAC ATUNBI ADEYEMI 08034946154 9. IFEDORE EO OLAMIDE DOJUMOH 08034705543 (MRS) (APO) OPS ARIYO FOLASADE 08033947745 (APO) ADMIN BALOGUN CHRISTANA 08064282260 TAIWO (APO) RAC OBEMBE JUSTINA 08063314377 10. ILAJE EO AINA TOPE 08033565969 (APO) OPS ILESANMI A.F 08033855619 (APO) ADMIN ODODO VICTOR 08037969123 AKINLOYE (APO) RAC AYODELE MARTINS 08035522866 11. ILE-OLUJI/ EO IBIYEMI GBOLAGADE 08050777068 OKEIGBO (APO) OPS FAYANJU FEYISAYO 08169419382 (APO) ADMIN ADEGBEYENI JUMOKE 08022646091 (APO) RAC ADEJUBE O. 080365868 12. IRELE EO GBOBO HERITAGE (MRS) 08035536429 (APO) OPS AKINFOLARIN TOBI 08035032619 (APO) ADMIN ARUWAJI RUTH 08035330513 (APO) RAC ABOGUN A. 08077478190 13 ODIGBO EO OTUKE P. EGWUTERAI 08037436790 (APO) OPS OYEDIRAN EZEKIEL 08034129797 OYETUNJI (APO) ADMIN AKINNUSI FUNKE 08062206903 (APO) RAC SUBULOYE ADEOYE 08032229288 14. OKITIPUPA EO DAVIS O. ILLUEBBEY 08036693992 (APO) OPS BENJAMIN MICHAEL 08033621880 NONSO (APO) ADMIN OYANUAFOR M.B 07038703904 (APO) RAC APATA D.A 08068388296 6 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 15. ONDO EAST EO ALH. GANIYU ONIJO 08027271412 (APO) OPS FAKOREDE SAMSON A. 08039504375 (APO) ADMIN ADARAMODU OLAYEMI 08036667690 (APO) RAC OMOTAIJO TAIWO 08034159471 16. ONDO WEST EO OLADOSU O. BALOGUN 08052156809 (APO) OPS AYODELE R.O 08066083944 (APO) ADMIN ADEBUSUYI HELEN 08035811553 (APO) RAC EYAFE MODUPE 08033681527 17. OSE EO AGUDA VICTORIA (MRS) 08023129801 (APO) OPS OJAGBOHUNMI 07031807854 OLALEKAN (APO) ADMIN FAMUDEHIN FEMI 08034671876 (APO) RAC OJO OMOFISAYO 08033783501 18. OWO EO OLADOYIN RUFUS 08033504427 ISHOLA (APO) OPS OWOGBO JUMOKE 08036561948 (APO) ADMIN AKINTADE OLAWALE 08035716837 (APO) RAC OLOKAN ABIODUN 08032151367 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 7 INEC CONTACT LINES: GLO 09055566786 AIRTEL 09078194492 ETISALT 09093667466 MTN 09061916680 Telephone (SMS only) 07098115257 08180958717 07098117563 07086945927 07098110916 07098116381 Other Contact Channels are: Website Address: inecnigeria.org Facebook page: www.facebook.com/inecnigeria (INEC Nigeria) Twitter handle @inecnigeria 8 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR NOMINATED CANDIDATES There are twenty-eight (28) registered political parties that have nominated candidates for the Ondo State Governorship Election on 26th November 2016. They are as shown in the following table: S/N STATE NAME OF CANDIDATE SEX PARTY AGE QUALIFICATION 1. GOVERNOR AMUDA OLADARE M A 55 MBA DEPUTY AMBODE M A 51 PHD ALEXANDER ABIODUN 2. GOVERNOR YINKA OLOYEDE M AA 54 LLB,BL OROKOTO DEPUTY ABIOLA OJO M AA 46 B. TECH 3. GOVERNOR FRANCIS ADETUWO M ACPN 68 FCMA, FCA OGUNJUMELO DEPUTY IKUSIKA GRACE F ACPN 63 NCE OLANIKE 4. GOVERNOR OLUSOLA ALEX OKE M AD 60 LLB, BL DEPUTY DAUDA GANNY M AD 59 ADV. OLUWADARE DIPLOMA 5. GOVERNOR MARGARET F ADC 60 DIPLOMA MODUPE OGUNYOKU (OJO) AGAMAYO M ADC 34 ND ISEOLUWA 6. GOVERNOR OLUYI FOLASADE F APA 47 GRADE II HELLEN DEPUTY OWOEYE DAMILOLA M APA 36 NABTEB JONATHAN Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 9 7. GOVERNOR OLUWAROTIMI M APC 60 LLB, BL ODUNAYO AKEREDOLU DEPUTY ALFRED AGBOLLA M APC 47 WAEC AJAYI 8. GOVERNOR FRANCIS ADEYEMI M APGA 61 MSC ALAO DEPUTY FAMUSIPE RUFUS M APGA 51 NCE IDOWU 9. GOVERNOR FUNMILAYO JENYO M BNPP 43 SSCE ATAUNOKO DEPUTY OLAJOBI OLALEKAN M BNPP 45 BA HONS ABIMBOLA 10. GOVERNOR FASUA PETER M CPP 55 B.SC OYELEYE DEPUTY OWOLABI SALIU M CPP 68 M.SC YUSUF 11. GOVERNOR ADEEYO MATHEW M DPC 59 B.TECH BOLORUNDURO DEPUTY OLAIYA REMILEKUN F DPC 42 SSCE MARGARETH 12. GOVERNOR FALANA OLAMIDE F DPP 33 B.TECH JULIANA DEPUTY LAWRENCE M DPP 42 WAEC KEHINDE FESTUS 13. GOVERNOR ODEDEYI M HDP 40 B.SC OLUMUYIWA JOHN DEPUTY OLOWOKANGA M HDP 57 B.SC SAMUEL 14. GOVERNOR SAMUEL M ID 37 B.SC OLUWATOYIN AKOGUNRIN DEPUTY FAMUAGUN M ID 35 ND OLUWATOYIN MOSES 10 Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 15. GOVERNOR DANIEL OLUDARE M KOWA 62 NCE OGUNGBEMI DEPUTY FAUSAT ADEOLA F KOWA 65 MBA ALIU 16. GOVERNOR ADEUTI STEPHEN M LP 65 MBA TAYE DEPUTY AKINBAMIRE M LP 60 PGD ADEBAYO BENSON 17. GOVERNOR OBAYORIJU JIMOH M NCP 46 HND ABASS DEPUTY OWOLABI M NCP 35 B.SC, PGD OLALEKAN STEPHEN 18. GOVERNOR OLUWADARE BADA M NNPP 63 BM&S DEPUTY JONATHAN AJINDE M NNPP 59 WAEC, RN SUNDAY 19. GOVERNOR AYIBIOWU MOSES M NUP 43 MBA IGE DEPUTY OJO AKINWALE M NUP 42 M.SC OLADAPO 20 GOVERNOR OLUWASEGUN M PDC 45 B.SC ODIDI DEPUTY OLATUNJI LEO M PDC 39 LLB, BL SEGUN 21 GOVERNOR JIMOH IBRAHIM M PDP 49 LLB, MPA FOLORUNSO DEPUTY ALABI EBENEZER M PDP 49 B.SC OMOTAYO 22 GOVERNOR ADENIYAN ABIODUN M PPA 44 B.SC DANIEL DEPUTY OLADELE TOLANI F PPA 38 HND BAMITALE 23 GOVERNOR ORUNMOLUYI F PPN 55 GRADE II TEMIDOLA OLAGBEGI DEPUTY ONISEMO MICHAEL M PPN 36 HND OLADAPO Ondo State Governorship Election 2016 Brief 11 24 GOVERNOR ARIGBEDE ROLAND M PRP 39 OND GBENGA DEPUTY OLADELE PAUL M PRP 36 B.SC OLUWASESAN