By Dayo Johnson, Akure

TWO separate opinion poll results released ahead of the October 20 governorship election in Ondo state have showed the candidates of the Labour Party, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and that of the Peoples Democratic Party Chief Olusola Oke are leading.

An opinion poll conducted by Gallop Polls over the next governorship election in the state showed that Dr Mimiko of the Labour Party (LP) scored 77 per cent, while Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) came second with 9.8 per cent and Olusola Oke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 8.5 per cent.

Releasing the result of the poll, the Principal Consultant, Anthony Chigbo,  on Monday, said that 14, 500 respondents participated in the Short Message Service (sms).

The organisation had opened the entry for the poll on September 10 and closed it on September 15 to allow people participate in the exercise.

He said out of the total respondents, 14, 500 representing 77 per cent preferred Mimiko and 1, 420 believed in Akeredolu, while 1, 230 which represents 8.5 per cent preferred Oke.

Chigbo added that the organisation would conduct entrance and exit polls for the election, saying this would be done on Friday October 19, when eligible voters would be expected to use the same format after making up their minds.