APC Primaries: Irepodun incumbent loses bid, Ekiti, Omupo retain slots in Kwara South
Shola Odetundun on Thursday defeated incumbent Tayo Awodiji to emerge as All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly candidate for Irepodun Constituency is one of the primaries conducted in Kwara South.
Odetundun polled 37 votes, a former Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Ben Duntoye, came second with 14 votes, while the incumbent, Tayo Awodiji, scored four votes.
However, incumbent Abdulganiyu Salahudeen emerged the candidate for Omupo Constituency with 38 votes to retain his seat, while his opponents, Wale Oyinloye and Luqman Abubakar, scored one vote each.
In Ekiti Local Government, Ganiyu Abolarin picked the party's ticket for the constituency, thereby retaining his seat with 48 votes out of 50.
He delegated his competitors, Abiodun Dada who scored two votes, and Dele Abiodun who had no vote.
In Ojomu/Balogun Constituency of Offa, Zainab Abass polled nine votes to beat her closest rival Seun Ogunniyi who had eight votes against Akeem Olatunji who scored five votes, and Waheed Salami with two votes.
One of the five aspirants that contested the election in the Ojomu/Balogun constituency, Olayinka Ilufoye, announced his withdrawal from the race just minutes before the commencement of the election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that results of other constituencies in Kwara South were being collated at press time.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Minister Habeeb Saidu Moshood Bakare Kwarareports Tope Daramola Aisha Ahman Pategi Abdulrauf Aliyu Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Niyi Osundare Bamidele Adegoke Jelili Yusuf Najim Yaasin Taiwo Joseph Abiodun Oyedepo Congress For National Consensus NNPP Bolakale Ayo Olatunji Ayeni Omotosho Yahya Mohammed Ahman Patigi Yekeen Alabi Wahab Isa Oloje Oke-opin Oro Grammar School Old Students Association David Oyepinola Adedumoye Waheed Ibrahim Bola Shagaya Yetunde Balogun James Ayeni TIC Ishola Abdullahi Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Doyin Agbamu Adedipe Kwara Apc JAMB Nigerian Army Tosho Yaqub ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Bayo Ojo PPS IESA Abdulrahman Abdulrazak Abdulwaheed Musa Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen Ayoade Akinnibosun Shehu Alimi Foundation Akeem Olatunji Iqra Books Usman Yunusa Ile Arugbo Eleja Taiwo Banu Eleyele MATTA Girls Foundation Standard Organization Of Nigeria Gobirawa Local Government National Pilot Moshood Kashimawo Abiola John Kehinde Salako Ilofa Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission Amoyo Fatai Adeniyi Garba Kola Ologbondiyan Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Ariyo JSSCE Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke AbdulQowiy Olododo Gbemisola Oguntimehin Ibraheem Abdullateef Raimi Iyanda AGM Professional Services Lukman Adeloyin

