The governor of Oyo State Abiola Ajimobi has lost his Oyo South senatorial bid to the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Muhammed Kola-Balogun
Kola-Balogun defeated the State governor of the All Progressive Congress, with a total of 105,720 votes while the candidate of the Ajimobi had 92,217 votes.
The incumbent senator Soji Akanbi came third on the platform of African Democratic Congress.
The PDP candidate won the contest with a vote difference of 13,502.
The returning officer of the district, Wole Akinsola, announced the result at the INEC collation centre office in Ibadan North LGA.
Ajimobi won in three of the local governments in the senatorial district while Kola-Balogun won the remaining six.
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The governor won in Ibadan Southwest, Ibarapa Central and Ido while Balogun won in Ibadan North, Ibadan Northwest, Ibadan Northeast, Ibadan Southeast, Ibarapa North, Ibarapa East.
The results in the nine local governments of Oyo South senatorial district are as follows:
Ibadan North
ADC 10, 202
APC 17, 947
PDP 18, 690
Ibadan Northwest
ADC 5, 819
APC 8, 916
PDP 11, 293
Ibadan Northeast
ADC 9, 524
APC 9, 077
PDP 14, 865
Ibadan Southwest
ADC 11, 024
APC 16, 639
PDP 11, 293
Ibadan Southeast
ADC 10, 082
APC 11, 036
PDP 12, 144
Ibarapa North
ADC 2, 536
APC 5, 837
PDP 8, 083
Ibarapa East
ADC 3, 670
APC 6, 951
PDP 9, 982
Ibarapa Central
ADP 1, 965
APC 7, 147
PDP 6, 577
Ido
ADC 5, 265
APC 8, 668
PDP 8, 108
