PDP’S SEYI MAKINDE DECLARED OYO GOV-ELECT
Joseph Omoniyi
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Seyi Makinde has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Oyo state.
The State’s INEC Returning Officer, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, declared the result on Sunday evening at the State headquarters of INEC in Ibadan.
INEC figures revealed that Makinde polled a total of 515,621 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress who polled 357,982 votes.
Also, in the State House of Assembly election, PDP won 26 seats while APC won 5, leaving 1 seat to ADP
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