Adeleke Won The Osun West Senate Seat Election
INEC has declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the Osun West Senatorial bye-election. Adeleke Won The Osun West Senate Seat Election
As reported by the news agency of Nigeria, the chief returning officer Professor Olaide Lawal of Oye Ekiti University said Adeleke PDP polled 97,480 votes, while Mudashiru Hussain of the All Progressives Congress polled 66,116 votes. Adeleke Won The Osun West Senate Seat Election
The official result showed the PDP candidate winning by large margin in the two local councils in his Ede home town, while only losing in Ejigbo LG, the base of his opponent, Hussain.
Adeleke also won in the remaining seven local councils including Isokan, Ayedaade and Egbemode.
Here are the results of seven out of 10 local councils where voting was held on Saturday in the election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission:
LGA. APC. PDP
AIYEDIRE. 5360. 5789
EDE NORTH. 2784. 18,559
EDE SOUTH. 2096. 13,476
EJIGBO. 12,229. 9,723
IREWOLE. 8952. 9,096
IWO. 12,205. 12,547
OLA-OLUWA 5,316. 5618
The seat became vacant following the death on 23 April of Adeleke’s brother, Isiaka, a member of the APC.
