APC Retains Ondo South Seat as Faduyile Cruises to Landslide Victory in Senatorial By-election
21st June, 2026
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has tightened its grip on Ondo South Senatorial District after its candidate, Dr. Dayo Faduyile, recorded a resounding victory in Saturday’s by-election, defeating his closest rival by a margin of over 67,000 votes.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Faduyile, a former National President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), winner of the keenly watched poll after he secured 68,474 votes across the six local government areas that make up the senatorial district.
Announcing the result at the collation centre, the Returning Officer, Professor Gbenga Samuel, said Faduyile satisfied all constitutional requirements, having scored the highest number of valid votes cast.
According to the results released by INEC, the Ondo South Senatorial District has 672,302 registered voters, while 70,811 voters were accredited for the election.
Faduyile defeated Adeolu Akinwumi of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who polled 1,411 votes. Other candidates trailed behind, with Olaoluwa Adesanya of the Action Peoples Party (APP) securing 213 votes, while Funso Clement of the Boot Party (BP) garnered 70 votes.
INEC further disclosed that 70,168 valid votes were cast during the election, while 602 ballots were rejected, bringing the total number of votes cast to 70,770.
Declaring the final result, Professor Samuel said: “I hereby declare that Faduyile Adedayo of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of valid votes cast, is hereby declared the winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election.”
The by-election was conducted to fill the vacancy created following the appointment and confirmation of former senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
