Breaking: Huge loss as PDP candidate defeats Senate spokesman Bashiru in Osun
Ajibola Bashiru, the Senate spokesperson and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Osun Central senatorial district, has lost his reelection into the red chamber, The Punch reports
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Legit.ng gathered that the Senate image maker was trounced by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olubiyi Fadeyi.
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The result was announced at the Coalition Center in the Olohunkoro area in the Osogbo capital of Osun.
Bashiru, who polled 117,609 votes, lost to Fadeyi who garnered 134,229.
Tinubu wins all 16 LGs in Ekiti state with a total of 201,486 votes
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Tinubu won the presidential election in Ekiti state.
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It was reported that Tinubu won in all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ekiti state to defeat his closest rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.
According to the report, results announced at the State Collation Centre, Tinubu scored a total of 201,486 votes to emerge the winner of the election.
INEC officials at the state collation centre have announced the results of each of the local governments.
The PDP's candidate, who is Tinubu’s closest rival, scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in the state with a total of 89,554 while Obi of the Labour Party got 11,397 votes, thus enable to meet the 25 per cent requirement in the state.
Massive jubilation as Tinubu leads Obi, Atiku in Ondo
In a related development, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, won the election results of the three local governments in Ondo state announced.
The LGs are Akure North, Akoko South East and Akoko South West.
In Akure North, Tinubu polled 14,261 votes to defeat the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, who got 4,633 and 2,945 votes respectively.
Source: Legit.ng
