* 6 more councils to go
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu’s re-election quest in Ondo State remained on course at 2.30 am after results from 12 of the 18 local councils were announced.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, standard bearer won nine of the 12 councils while his major challenger, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won three councils.
So far, Akeredolu has polled 178,854 votes while Jegede got 141,083 votes.
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Hon Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, is trailing the duo with 32,060 votes and is yet to win any council.
The announcement of results will continue at 9a.m.