APC Primaries: Irepodun incumbent loses bid, Ekiti, Omupo retain slots in Kwara South

Date: 2022-05-27

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)

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Awwal Jawondo     Kwara United     Funmi Salau     Oloyede     Babaita     QuickWin     Ifelodun     Olabimpe Olani     Salman Alada     Islamic Development Bank     Shururat Olatinwo     KWASAA     Benin Republic     Mohammed Abduraheem     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Abdullahi Biffo     Olabode George Towoju     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ile Arugbo     Bayo Onimago     Lawan     ANCOPPS     Olayinka Olaogun     Sa\'adu Gambari     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Alao Ayotunde     RTEAN     Gani Saadu     Kwarareports.com     Kanu Agabi     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Oyelere Oyinloye     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Elerinjare     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Oluwole Dupe     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Bello Abubakar     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Taofik Mustapha     March 28     Galadiman Ngeri     Lai Mohammed     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Alfa Yahaya Road     Sanitation Exercise     Dan Iya     Abubakar Lah     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Bareke     Ayobami Seriki     Ademola Kiyesola     ASUU     Obuh     Alaaya     Guber Aspirant     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Ramat Oganija     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Olofa Of Offa     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Government High School Adeta     Al-Hikmah University     Royal FM     Modupe Oluwole     Sunset Workers     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ijagbo     CCEPE     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Aisha Buhari     Obasanjo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yekeen Alabi     Ajakaye     Dauda Adesola     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Jide Ashonibare     Awili Pedro     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Osuwa     James Ayeni     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Labour Party     United Nigeria Congress Party     Abdullahi Atanda     Ahman Patigi     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Kwasu     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ile Arugbo     Kamaldeen Kehinde     SSUCOEN     Minister     Salman Suleiman     Onilorin     Shehu Adaramaja     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Akume     Ogidi-Oloje     Plat Technologies Limited     Col. Adedipe     Aminu Ado Bayero     Yaru     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     11th Galadima     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Oke-opin     Mohammed Lawal     Press Release     Alliance For Democracy     General Hospital, Offa     ITEM 7     Yunus Lawal     Dairo Kunle Paul     Abegunde Goke     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Oluwole Dupe     Saidu Isa     Musbau A. Akanji     Nigerian Medical Association     Salihu Yahaya     Buari Edun     Hakeem Idris     Kayode Zubair     Hausa     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Ramadan     Ethical College     Danladi     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Mohammed Saidu     Bilikis Oladimeji     Omupo     Kolawole Bashirat     Bello Oyebanji     Abdulwaheed Musa     Folashade Omoniyi     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     N-Power     Oniwa     Kwara University Of Education     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Goodluck Jonathan     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin