All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State Thursday held its governorship congress with the incumbent governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, emerging winner.
At the congress midwifed by the Hon. Lumumba Adeh-led five-man electoral committee, Ajimobi polled 4,662 votes to defeat his contender, Dr. Ayobami Wasiu Adesina, scion of former governor of the state, Late Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, who polled 22 votes. Ninety votes were declared invalid.
The result was declared at 7.40 p.m.
The third aspirant, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu, who was on Monday cleared in Lagos to contest along with the two others, however pulled out on Wednesday when he filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Ibadan asking the court to declare the congress invalid and illegal in view of the manner the delegates were selected.
Source: newtelegraphonline
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