Nigeria, April 22 -- Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has called on other All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants to give him the needed support to win the forthcoming governorship election.

Mr Aiyedatiwa was, early on Monday, declared winner of the highly contested primaries for the ticket of the APC ahead of the November election.

The election was contested by 15 other aspirants in the direct primaries mode. But after the tally, the Usman Ododo-led seven-man committee declared Mr Aiyedatiwa as the winner.

The election was largely criticised as marred by irregularities, with elections not held in many areas. Elections had to be repeated in Okitipupa Local Government Area, while no result was presented by Ifedore Local Governme...