Seyi Makinde re-elected as Oyo governor after clearing 31 out of 33 LGAs
Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party won the Oyo governorship election held on Saturday after defeating his closest rival, Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress, by a wide margin.
Mr Makinde comfortably won 31 out of the 33 local governments in the state and was returned elected. Sixteen candidates took part in the election.
State returning officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission Adebayo Bamire, the vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, announced at the INEC headquarters in Ibadan that Mr Makinde garnered 563,756 votes to beat Mr Folarin, who polled 256,685.
Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party came a distant third with 38,357 votes.
Satisfied with the turnout of voters and the relatively peaceful atmosphere across the state during the poll, Mr Makinde will be sworn into office on May 29 this year to oversee the affairs of the state for the next four years.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
Health
NMA pledges collaboration with Oyo to curb quackery
The association said that the Oyo State Government is ‘working the talk,’ because quackery is an evil wind that blows no one any good.
Lagos
Lagos to broadcast 320 lessons in 10 WAEC/NECO subjects on television, social media
About 30 teachers recruited after rigorous screening will serve as facilitators.
World
Second phase of Israeli hostages exchange in Gaza holds weekend
Mr Al Ansari said, “The second stage of the exchange will take place over the weekend, after that movement from the south to the north will be facilitated.’’
World
Yuan strengthens 7.1703 against dollar
The Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate each trading day.
States
NSCDC nabs KEDCO employee for allegedly stealing prepaid-meter in Katsina
The Head of Corporate Communications of KEDCO, Sani Bala-Sani, said he was not aware of the incident, but promised to find out.
States
Court remands six men over alleged theft of goods worth N32 million
The Chief Magistrate, Olabisi Ogunkanmi, did not take the plea of the defendants due to lack of jurisdiction.
