Saraki loses Senate seat

Bukola Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has lost his Kwara Central senatorial seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Oloriegbe.

The Returning Officer for the district, Prof. Olatunbosun Owoyomi, announced the results on Sunday.

Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat Saraki who scored 68,994 votes in the four local governments of Kwara Central.

In Asa local government, Oloriegbe scored 15,932 votes while Saraki scored 11,252 votes.

In Ilorin East local government, Oloriegbe polled 30, 014 votes to Saraki’s 14,654.

In Saraki’s local government, Ilorin West, Oloriegbe polled 51,531 while the Senate president got 30,075 votes.

The APC senatorial candidate also defeated Saraki with 26,331 votes as against 13, 031 in Ilorin South.