APC's Teslim Folarin Finally Opens Up on Why He Lost Oyo Governorship Election to Seyi Makinde

• The APC governorship candidate in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Folarin, has revealed why he lost to Governor Seyi Makinde
• Folarin claimed that his party threw him under the bus for President Bola Tinubu to win Oyo state
• The APC chieftain describes the ruling party as the strongest political party in the state despite losing the governorship election

Ibadan, Oyo state - The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Folarin, has finally opened up on by he lost the March 28 governorship election to Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)

Folarin said he was “thrown under the bus” for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC to win the February 25 presidential election in the state, Daily Trust reported.

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He stated this while addressing APC members at a reception and victory party held in honour of Honorable Remi Abasi Oseni, member representing Ibarapa/Ido Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives

Folarin said the APC is the strongest party in Oyo state with three senatorial seats of Oyo South, Oyo Central and Oyo North, including nine federal constituency seats out of 14.

He stated:

“If we are talking about the strongest party in Oyo State today, it is APC. We won three senatorial seats and nine out of federal constituency seats. Our people are already in the election tribunal and I can tell you that we would win two more federal constituency seats. On the governorship election, we were thrown under the bus.”

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He disclosed that APC would soon bounce back in Oyo state as efforts to bring back aggrieved members of the party are yielding fruitful results.

He described the policies taken by President Bola Tinubu as a courageous move to take the country out of the doldrums.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Teslim Folarin, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election in Oyo, has denied the allegation that he said President Bola Tinubu, supported Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the poll.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Makinde, the governor of the state, as the winner of the election after polling 563,756 votes to defeat Folarin, who garnered 256,685 votes.

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It was a shocking and surprising development in Oyo state as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, March 19, 2023, declared Seyi Makinde, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of the election.

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Source: Legit.ng