Ajimobi loses senatorial bid to PDP

Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi
Ajimobi

Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost the Oyo South senatorial election to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Balogun.

The returning officer of the district, Wole Akinsola, announced on Monday morning at the INEC collation centre in Ibadan North LGA, that PDP polled 105,720 votes while the APC scored 92,217 votes.

Ajimobi won in three of the local governments – Ibadan Southwest, Ibarapa Central and Ido.

Balogun won in six – Ibadan North, Ibadan Northwest, Ibadan Northeast, Ibadan Southeast, Ibarapa North, and Ibarapa East.

The incumbent senator of Oyo South senatorial district, Soji Akanbi, of the ADC, finished in third place.

See results below:

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