The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of 17 candidates for Ondo governorship election.
Only one female candidate featured on the list of contenders for the October 10 election.
Okunade Taiwo, aged 50, is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), with Ibitoye Adebowale as her running mate.
Rotimi Akeredolu, the incumbent governor, is seeking reelection under the All Progressives Congress (APC), with his main challenger believed to be Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Agboola Ajayi, the deputy governor, is the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) where he decamped to from the PDP.
Ajayi was elected alongside Akeredolu under APC but he left the party in June and moved to PDP where he lost the gubernatorial ticket to Jegede.
Below is the full list of candidates for the election:
S/N NAME PARTY SEX
1 Rotimi Akindejoye Accord Party (A) Accord Party (A)
2 Joshua Adewole Action Alliance (AA) Accord Party (A)
3 Adeleye Peter African Action Congress (AAC) Accord Party (A)
4 Adelegan Oluwaseyi African Democratic Congress (ADC) Accord Party (A)
5 Martin Olateru-Olagbegi Action Democratic Party (ADP) Accord Party (A)
6 Oluwarotimi Akeredolu All Progressives Congress (APC) Accord Party (A)
7 Oluwoloba Dele All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Accord Party (A)
8 Aminu Olarenwaju Allied Peoples Movement (APM) Accord Party (A)
9 Adesanya Olaoluwa All People’s Party (APP) Accord Party (A)
10 Okunade Taiwo Labour Party (LP) Accord Party (A)
11 Ojajuni Eniola New Nigeria Peoples Party Accord Party (A)
12 Funmilayo Ataunoko National Rescue Movement (NRM) Accord Party (A)
13 Eyitayo Jegede Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Accord Party (A)
14 Babatunde Alli Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) Accord Party (A)
15 Fasua Oleyele Social Democratic Party (SDP) Accord Party (A)
16 Ojon Dotun Young Progressive Party (YPP) Accord Party (A)
17 Agboola Ajayi Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Accord Party (A)
