Nigeria, April 22 -- Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Saturday.

By the declaration, he becomes the party's candidate for the forthcoming 16 November governorship election in the state.

Chairman of the Election Committee and governor of Kogi State, Usman Ododo, made the declaration in the early hours of Monday in Akure after the presentation of results from the 18 local governments of the state.

Mr Ododo declared that Mr Aiyedatiwa scored 48,569 votes to beat the other 15 aspirants to the ticket.

Mr Aiyedatiwa was closely followed by Mayowa Akinfolarin, who polled 15,343 votes, followed by Olusola Oke, who garnered 14,915 votes....