BEVERLY HILLS, February 24, (THEWILL) – Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun Central has been declared winner of that election by INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Ayinde Akanbi.
Amosun polled 88,110 votes to defeat Solomon Sanyaolu of the PDP, his closest challenger, who scored 33,276 votes.
In the Imo West/Orlu senate race, Governor Rochas Okorocha, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won in 8 of the 12 local government areas declared by the returning officer.
A breakdown of the votes are as follows:
Nkwerre LGA
APC – 5,637
PDP – 4,905
APGA – 662
Ideato South LGA
APC – 24,102
PDP – 3,106
APGA – 2834
Nwangele LGA
APC – 4,997
PDP – 4,519
APGA – 4,853
Oru East LGA
APC – 8,243
PDP – 4,614
APGA – 2,994
Isu LGA
APC – 7,406
PDP – 6,524
APGA – 1,812
Ideato North LGA
APC – 8,028
PDP – 5,174
APGA – 2,276
Njaba LGA
APC – 8,549
PDP – 5,982
APGA – 1,875
Ohaji Egbema LGA
APC – 8,348
PDP – 5,928
APGA – 3,820
Okorocha has Osita Izunaso of APGA and Jones Onyerieri of the PDP as main challengers for the seat.
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