Ondo Election: 75% Of Results In, Says INEC

The results that have come in so far, according to the INEC
official, are from 2,200 Polling Units and they have been uploaded
on the INEC results viewing portal.

Speaking further, Simbine clarified the process of uploading the
results, saying the ‘Z Pad’ was not fully utilised but it was only
used to upload the results.

“The Z Pad was to be used for two functions,” the Resident
Electoral Commissioner in Edo State, Johnson Alalibo, had explained
during the Edo governorship election last month, “one of which was
to do double authentication of the accreditation process.”

“It was test run in the state constituency election in Nasarawa
State but there were some hitches and we have been advised to test
run those hitches before we run it again for this major state
governorship election”.

If implemented, the Z Pad, according to Alalibo would have
allowed Nigerians view the results “on time, and real-time”.

Simbine, however, noted that the process was neither used for
the Ondo nor the Edo election until the challenges from the test
run have been rectified.

Key candidates in the race which involved 17 political parties,
are the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo
Jegede who is hoping to secure a victory after losing out in 2016;
the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and deputy governor of the state,
Ajayi Agboola, who is running against his principal, Rotimi
Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is also
seeking to secure a second term.