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.
Igbaja Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Federal Road Maintenance Agency Afetu Of Alabe Kwara Monkey Pox Hussein Olokooba ANCOPPS Sulu Gambari Eruku Illyasu Abdullahi Harafat E. Mukadam Oloruntoyosi Thomas Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Jide Oyinloye Olatunde Olukoya Abdulrauf Yusuf Tunde Oyawoye Yakub Ali-Agan Jebba Yahaya Dumoye Turaki Of Ilorin Just Event Online CACOVID Palliatives Ifelodun Saka Balikis Kehinde Makama Zulu Gambari Kwara State Sports Commission Lawal Arinola Kudirat Rotimi Atere Yakubu Danladi KWASIEC Fatima Abolore Jimoh New Nigeria People’s Party M.Y. Abdulrahaman Toyin Sanusi Women For Change And Development Initiative Kwara Apc Isau Bilikisu Gambari Theophilus Oyebiyi Kwara Teaching Service Commission Kwara State Television (KWTV) Popo-Igbonna Agor Radio SBS Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Woro Ishaq Abdulkarim Siraj Oyewale Adeleke Ogungbe Ilesha-Baruba Sherif Shagaya Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Ridwan Agboola Salman Suleiman Abubakar B.M Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Lawal Jimoh International Aviation College Ali Ahmad Aliyu Kora Sabi Yetunde Balogun Mustapha AbdulGaniyu Kwara Politics Olaoye B. Felix Doyin Agbamu Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji Offa Metropolitan Club Saka Saadu Halidu Danbaba Sulyman Age AbdulKareem Abdulfatah Ahmed Mohammed Abduraheem Trader Moni Yoonus Kola Olatinwo

