The ruling All Progressives Congress has stated its intention to win the local government election in Ondo State, which is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2025, across the state’s 18 local government areas.
The APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Alex Kalejaiye, told reporters on Monday at the party secretariat in Akure, the state capital, about the party’s election preparations, saying the party would not engage in electoral malpractices in order to win the election.
He asserted that the party had started election preparations and had selected qualified and trustworthy individuals to serve as its candidates for chairman and councilor.
He stated, “In the last governorship election, nobody voted because of money, they voted for performance, popularity and for the peace. Those things influenced the decisions of the people. We were never involved in vote-buying but in performance.
“We are also counting on that right now that we know what we have done and what we are doing for the good people of Ondo State, they won’t have a problem with APC.
“We decided to set up committees at the local and ward levels to handle mobilization, sensitization and campaign, but we felt that might not be enough, there should be a coordinating fact, therefore a committee has also be put in place by the state level to coordinate the various activities that will be going on at the local government areas and at the ward levels.”
Thirteen political parties will run in the upcoming council election, according to the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission.
This was said in a statement by Mr. Tunde Adeleye, the commission’s commissioner in charge of Communication, Media, and Information Technology.
According Adeleye statement, “At the end of the screening exercise that took place at the ODIEC Headquarters on Friday 27th, 2025, 13 political parties were cleared to take part in the election for the chairmanship position in the 18 Local Government Areas and councillorship position in the 203 wards of the state.”