Buhari receives Ondo Governor elect

President Muhammadu Buhari is, currently at the State House, Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja, playing host to the Ondo State governor-elect Chief Rotimi Akeredolu.

The meeting comes just a day after Akeredolu received his certificate of return as the governor-elect of Ondo state.

Also at the meeting with President Buhari and Ondo state governor-elect Akeredolu is the Minister for Solid Mineral Fayemi and Plateau state governor, Mr Simon Lalong.

Akeredolu won the Ondo gubernatorial election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking earlier, he said at the INEC office that the victory is not for him or APC alone but for the good people of the state.

“It is a victory for the people of Ondo State, irrespective of which side of the divide you stood during the election.

“For me it is a call to service and a challenge to perform. 

“Although we all had different point of view before the election but today, as members of one strong, vibrant and indivisible Ondo State family, we are all united and resolute with one single objective to save our beloved state.

“I cannot thank enough, my fellow compatriots during this election, who had a separate conviction and voted elsewhere.

“They took the guts to answer the call of democracy to make a choice. 

“I believe it is these resounding voices that have created this worthy moment which is making this victory real and refreshing.”

Mr. Akeredolu was trailed by his Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] counterpart, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede.

Mr. Jegede, though, has expressed dissatisfaction with the result of the election which held on Saturday, November 26, 2016.

His party, the PDP, has also blatantly rejected the election outcome and demanded for outright cancellation of the polls.

Observers, however, has adjudged the election free and fair compared to other elections held by the Independent Electoral Commission [INEC].