Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa says he will accept the outcome of the election even if it doesn't go in his favor.

Aiyedatiwa, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosed in an interview with newsmen after casting his ballot at his Polling Unit 5, Ugbo Ward, 4 Obenla community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state at around 8:50 am.

He said, “I will accept the outcome of the election if it doesn’t favour my party as long as we did not receive any fraudulent or malpractices in the election.”

However, the governor described the process so far as peaceful while commending the state’s residents for coming out to exercise their civic rights, saying he was confident of winning the election.

“With what we have done for the last 10 months, the populace, the voters, like I said, they know who they want,” the governor said.

“I believe I’m in an advantaged position to win this election because of the work that I have done in the last 10 months since I assumed office as the governor of the state. We traversed the entire 18 local governments and visited communities all across.”

“In my community, it is peaceful, and turnout is very, very encouraging. And I want to believe that the same situation would be at other locations across the state. It’s peaceful here,” he said.

He also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security operatives for their role in the conduct of the election.

“I want to commend the security agency, the police, the civil defense, and the military in the background. They are heavily deployed to be able to attend to any security threat, and I believe the people comport themselves,” the governor said.

“We are peaceful people in Ondo state. Ondo State has been judged to be one of the most safest and peaceful states in Nigeria.”