From Bola Ogunlayi, Ibadan
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the three Senatorial seats in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria.
The election held on February 25,2023 across the State.
Mr Yunus Akintunde (APC) defeated Bisi Ilaka of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to win the Oyo Central Senatorial District.
In the Oyo South Senatorial District, Sharafadeen Alli of the APC defeated Olasunkanmi Tegbe of the PDP, while Senator Fatai Buhari of the APC defeated Akinwole Akinwale of the PDP in the Oyo North Senatorial District.
All the contestants in the election build up had massive campaigns that pitched citizens and supporters against one another.
However, out of the 14 seats in the House of Representatives, PDP won five of the seats, with APC clinching eight seats and one seat, Oluyole Federal Constituency, declared inconclusive.
Meanwhile, in the Presidential election,held same day and periods,the APC defeated other political parties in all the 33 Local Government Areas.
It was revealed by the Collation Officer for Oyo State, Prof Olatunde Kehinde, who doubles as the Acting Vice Chancellor , Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
Kehinde disclosed that APC won by 449,884 votes, while the PDP polled 182,977 votes.
Labour Party came third with 99,110 votes, followed by NNPP with 4,095, coming a distant third.
The three contenders in hierarchy of the stated votes were,Bola Ahmed Tinubu ,APC,Atiku Abubakar,PDP,and Peter Obi,LP.
In his reaction,the Oyo South Senatorial Chairman of APC, Mojeed Olaoya, said he was overwhelmed with the votes giving his party the wins.
With another election around the corner,Olaoya who appreciated Oyo State residents for their overwhelming support called on them to vote for the APC in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections.
The PDP State Collation Agent, Dr Nureni Adeniran,however welcome the outcome of the elections and described it as the wish of the people.
He sees the next Oyo State governorship election as a different ball game and upbeat that the PDP would win the political contest for the Agodi Government House.
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