The APC candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, Teslim Folarin, has been declared the winner of Oyo Central Senatorial Seat, as INEC awaitis the final result from Oyo south to seal Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s fate.
Folarin claimed victory in six local governments, out of eleven local governments of the Senatorial District; they are: Oluyole, Ọna-ara, Egbeda, Surulere, Ogo-Oluwa and Lagelu.
The ex-Senate leader won over his closest opponent- Oyebisi Ilaja of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with a total of votes 91,080 against PDP’s 83,600 votes.
Declaring him as the winner of the Oyo Central Senatorial Election, Prof Idowu Peter Farai, the Returning Officer of the District announced his fulfilment of the election requirements as the one with the ‘absolute votes’ out of the total votes cast of 286, 995 in the district.
“Teslim Folarin of APC, having certified the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the Oyo Central Senatorial Elections,” the Returning Officer proclaimed.
In Oyo south senatorial districts candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Dr Kola Balogun has won seven out of 9 local governments in the senatorial disricts, He is leading Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the executive governor of Oyo state
