By: Ade Adeleke
208 candidates will be contesting saturday’s March 18, 2023 House of Assembly election in Ondo State on the platforms of 14 out of 18 political parties; SUNSHINETRUTH can report.
According to record from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the candidates are jostling to fill the 26 state constituency seats at the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Fourteen political parties are fielding 208 candidates jostling for the 26 seats in tomorrow’s Ondo state House of Assembly election.
The fourteen political parties are the All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP African Democratic Congress,ADC , Labour Party,LP, New Nigeria Peoples Party,NNPP, all with 26 candidates each, while the Action Democratic Party, ADP 18, Action Alliance, AA, Social Democratic Party, ADP, 19.
Others are National Rescue Movement,NRM, 5 , Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, 9, All Peoples Party, APP, 3, AAC, 3, Young Progressive Party,YPP, 1, and Zenith Labour Party 1.
Out of the 208 candidates, seven are seeking reelection for second term while one is vying for the third term.
SUNSHINETRUTH learnt that the lawmakers who are seeking to return to the Assembly are; Oluwole Emmanuel Ogunmolasuyi (Owo 1 APC/ Majority Leader); Tomide Akinribido (Ondo West 1 PDP); Oladiji Olamide (Ondo east APC); Ololade Gbegudu (Okitipupa 11, APC); Favour Tomomewo (Ilaje 2, ADC); Toluwani Borokini (Akure South1, APC) and Hon Taofeeq Muhammed (Akoko Northwest 2, APC), while Abayomi Akinruntan (Ilaje 1, APC) is seeking third term.
Below is the full list of all the contestants;
OKITIPUPA I 10 candidates
LOWEN AYOMIKUN JOSHUA NRM
JIMOH AKINSOLA SALIU PDP
MONLARI OLUWAYOM OLADIMEJI PRP
AYESUWA TIMOTHY SDP
Ogunbameru Olugbemi AA
Adesuyi Micheal ADC
Ogunowo Marcus ADP
Ayebusiwa Chris APC
Oladapo Olumide LP
Orimeburu Joshua NNPP
OKITIPUPA II (Eight parties)
OMOPARIOLA BAYO AA
AKINNUSI AYORINDE EMOLA AAC
ADERONKE ADELABI ADC
GBEGUDU OLOLADE JAMES APC
AKINTOYE KAYODE LP
OLASIMBO OMOJOYE NNPP
KOLAWOLE TAYO OMOTUNDE PDP
IBOJO OLATUNJE SDP
ONDO EAST (seven parties)
AKINBULI ISAAC ADC
ADP AKINSOTE OLUSEYITAN OLUBUSOLA
OLADIJI OLAMIDE ADESANM APC
LP OKPALA UCHECHUKWU SYLVESTER
OGUNMOYERO JOHN NNPP
OLAFUSI RAYMOND FEM PDP
Adegboye Tope John SDP
IFEDORE eight
AJISAFE JULIUS OLADAPO AA
OLUGBENGA TOSIN ADC
AKOMOLAFE TEMITOPE APC
EKUNDAYO OLAOLUWA OLOM LP
ADETILOYE DAUDA ADEKUNLE NNPP
AYODELE BAMIDELE OLUBUNMI PDP
OLOYEDE OLUWASEUN PRP
Adesuyi Muyide SDP
OWO 1 (SEVEN PARTIES)
OLADIPO OLUWADOSIN LOLADE LP
EMMANUEL TAMWO NNPP
ADEBAYO ABIODUN IBRAHIM PDP
OLOKEREDE BODUNDE MICHAEL AA
ABIKANLU FUNMI OLUWATOSN ADC
OLADELE KEMISOLA ADP
OGUNMOLASUYI OLUWOLE APC
ONDO WEST II
OLADAPO JOHN BIOLA APC
AKINDEJOYE BABATUNCE NNPP
PDP AKINJIYAN OLUWAGBEMLEKE
AKINTOMIDE ADELEYE JERRY SDP
AJEBULI BOLANLE ADC
ONDO WEST I
IBRAHIM YUSUF BELLO LP
LAWRENCE OJO ADC
ILUYOMADE RAPHAEL OLUROPO ADP
OGUNWUMIJU MOYINOLOFUN APC
OZONWEKE ERIC CHINEDU LP
ADEKUNLE ADEKOLUREJO NNPP
AKINREIDO TOMIDE LEONARD PDP
ADEMOLOYE AZEEZ ADEKUNLE SDP
OSE
ADEFUYI ADEOLA ADC
ENIAYEWU GBENGA TOBI ADP
OSHATI OLATUNJI EMMANUEL
ANIMOLA ISAAC OLALEKAN LP
AROGE BAYODE SUNDAY NNPP
AROGE BAYODE NRM
SAPORU OLUMIDE JUSTUS PDP
OLLIYOMI TAYE SDP
ADETOLURE CLUWASEUN ADP
OWO II
AJAYI MOBALAJI PRP
EGUNJCBI SAMUEL ADESEGUN ADC
BAMDELE OLUMIDE BENJAMIN LP
FABULUJE EMMANUEL NNPP
WITHERSPOON MORENIKE APC
AJANAKU KEHINDEUSEN PDP
ADEKANMI KEHINDE TINUKE AA
ILAJE I
QJUBUYI LEMOBAYO EDWARD AA
OJO ADEDAYO ADC
AKINRUNTAN ABAYOM APC
ORETAN HENRY OLAREEWAJU LP
OMOTEHINSE JOSEPH NNPP
EHINLANWO OLUKAYODE PDP
OJAMOMI ATILADE FADESOLA SDP
ILAJE II
IKUDEHINBU SATURDAY AA
TOMOMEWO FAVOUR SEMLORE ADC
KALEJAYE ADEMPOSI OLUWAFEMI LP
OBARO ISRAEL OMOWOLE NNPP
AYENURO ADESOJI VICTOR PDP
IKUEGBUWA OLUFEMI SDP
FAYEMI OLAWUNMI ANNAH APC
ILE OLUJI/OKE IGBO
ADEBAMIGBE OLORUNGBA AAC
ADEPOJU TAYE ADC
ADEWALE ADELU ADP
AKINSUROJU AKINDOLANI APC
AKINWOMOJU BIDEM OLALEKAN LP
ADENPEKUN ADEYEYE NNPP
FADARE AKINTOMIWA BABATUNDE PDP
OLUWADARE ESTHER SDP
IRELE
AKINUOYE GBENGA MERCY ADC
AROWOLO OLUWAROTIMI SAMUEL ADP
OGUNLANA AKINWUNMI APC
BULU KOLAWOLE KOLAWALE LP
OMOJOYE AYODELE NNPP
DAGBATAN ANJORIN PETER PDP
AKINBUWA OLUBUNMI PRP
ODIGBO I
OLUWOLE SEGUN ADC
OLUWAGBOTEMI SUNDAY ADP
IFABIYI SAMUEL OLATUNJI APC
AKININEHINMI SAMUEL APP
ADEBAYO ISAAC OLAWALE LP
AKINGBEHIN OLUNGBENGA NNPP
OLORUNYOMI OLADOTUN BASHIR PDP
LAWANI ADEBISI OLADELE SDP
ODIGBO II
AKINKUGBE AYODELE AA
TOSIMI IBRAHIM ADC
ADEBOBOLA SAMUEL ADP
FASONU OLUWAROTIN APC
ADENIYI OKE APP
ADESINA ADURAGBEMI SAMSON LP
ABIONA OLADAYO NNPP
FALOLU OLUMOYEGUN PDP
AKURE SOUTH I
ADARAMOYE OLUWATOBI ADC
WEMIMO FADEKE FELICIA ADP
BOROKINI TOLUWANI SIMEON APC
BONFACE SAMUEL TAIWO LP
AJONIJEBU OLANREWAJU NNPP
OGUNTODU OLAJIDE JOHNSON PDP
ADEGOROYE BENEDICT SDP
OGUNTIMEHIN MARY AA
OMOBAMIDAGBA EMMANUEL AAC
AKURE NORTH
ORIYO GBENGA ADC
OLOGEDE KOLAWOLE MICHAEL APC
ADEYEMI ADENIYI SAMUEL LP
KOLAWOLE ABIODUN NNPP
ENUEBUKE MOSES PDP
OMOTOYE OMOLOLA GIFT PRP
FALADE OLANIPEKUN EMMANUEL SDP
ONI OLUSANYA MATTHEW AA
AKOKO SOUTH WEST II
Ojo John AA
ADULOJU SUNDAY ADC
APC nill court order
ALAO TEMITOPE ADEWUMI LP
ADEGOROYE ADEGBENGA NNPP
ADENIUI FLORENCE NRM
AGBULU TOPE AKEEM PDP
DOLAPO DURO CLEMENT SDP
OYEGUNWA BALOGUN ZLP
AKURE SOUTH II
ADEBAMBO BOSE ADC
SUNDAY JOHN ADC
ABITOGUN ROTIMI STEPHEN APC
OJO ABDULRASAQ LP
ALIU FAUSAT ADEOLA NNPP
OMOSEBI AKIN MICHAEL NRM
ADENIRAN ADEOLU PDP
Sule BODE Shefiu AA
ESE ODO
OLAGUNDOYE JOSEPH AA
TELEMI OKUDUGBA ADC
ALLEN MESSIAH OLUWATOYIN APC
OMOBUBUWA AJINDE LP
ETINKUMCH TOBOULAYEFA NNPP
EKUNDAYO SOLADOYE PDP
IDANRE
OYEWOLE ADEREM PDP
AYODELE JOSEPH OJO AA
OLAWOYE MARVELLOUS OTAKA ADX
OBIWA FEBISOLAT ADP
OGUNLOWO OLUWATOSIN APC
AKINRINLOLA BUKOLA ELIZABETH LP
AKINNUSOYE AYODEJI PETER NNPP
AKOKO NORTH WEST 1
ABIOLA TIMLEHIN ADEWARE AA
ADETIBA ABDULATEEF ADC
ADU EUNICE FUNMILAYO ADP
TIAMIYU FATAI ATERE APC
EKUNNIYI MONDAY EZEKIEL LP
OLUWASEYI JOSEPH NNPP
OLANIPEKUN ABIOLA PDP
ALANA KAYODE PRP
Adewusi Tayo SDP
AKOKO NORTH EAST
ALJU IMURIAN ADENYI SDP
OGBOYE OLUFUNMILAYD HELEN AA
JAMIYU JIMOH ADC
AYODELE SEHINDE ADP
JAPHET VICTOR TOYIN APC
AJAGUNNA OLARENWAJU
OLORUNTUYI OLABANJI LP
OROGUN ADEWALE ADESINA NNPP
AKINTOLA OLANREWAJU PDP
AGBOOLA JAMU PRP
AKOKO SOUTHWEST 1
JAYEOLA SUNDAY ISRAEL AA
IBRAHIM MURPHY ADC
DARAMOLA RUFUS ADP
IGBOGIARAN DADA APC
ADEYEMI OJO LP
ABIKE ABIGAIL NNPP
OGUNBI TIMOTHY AGBOOLA NRM
DACOU OLUWATOYIN PDP
AKOKO SOUTH EAST
ADUREWA VINCENT AA
BAMIDELE OLADAYO ADC
ATEGBE JOSEPH ADP
SULEIMAN MURTALA APC
OKE BENJAMIN LP
ORIMOLADE SUNDAY NNPP
OJO VICTOR PDP
AKINTUNDE RAPHAEL PRP
MULEMORA AKINBOJA SDP
