The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, the APC candidate, as winner of the Oluyole Federal Constituency election.
Prof. Jacob Olaniyi, the Returning Officer, announced Akande-Sadipe as the winner on Saturday evening in Ibadan, at the end of the supplementary election held in two polling units in the constituency.
According to him, Akande-Sadipe scored 14, 891 votes to defeat her closest rival, Mr Abdul-Mojeed Mogbonjubola of PDP, who scored 13,073 votes.
The returning officer said, “that Tolulope Akande-Sadipe of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”
Akande-Sadipe is currently representing the Oluyole Federal Constituency in the House.
The electoral body had declared the election held on Feb. 25 inconclusive following the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and cases of over-voting in the affected two polling units.
This made the commission to conduct supplementary election in the two polling units on Saturday.
However, Adedapo Lam-Adesina, son of the late former Governor, Lam Adesina lost his bid to be elected as the representative of Ibadan South-East/North-East Federal Constituency of Oyo State.
Lam-Adesina of the APC polled 27, 338 votes, to lose to the incumbent Rep. Abass Agboworin, of the PDP.
Agboworin was declared elected after he polled 28,111 votes to win the supplementary election.
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Benjamin Olley of the University of Ibadan, announced Agboworin as the winner at the Mapo Hall Collation Centre in Ibadan.
“Today, April 15, 2023. I, Prof. Benjamin Olley, hereby announce that Abass Agboworin of PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declare the winner of the supplementary election into Ibadan North- East/South-East Federal Constituency of Oyo state,” Olley said.
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