Governor Seyi Makinde of PDP has been declared the winner of the Oyo state governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC declared him the winner this afternoon, March 19.
According to the results released, Makinde polled a total of 563,756 votes to beat his closest rival, Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 256,685 votes, while Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party secured 38,357 votes.
Declaring Makinde as the winner, INEC Returning Officer in the state, Prof Adebayo Simeon said,
“That Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected by the Returning Officer, Prof Adebayo Simeon on this day 19th of March 2023.”
Before Saturday, Makinde was the last of the PDP G5 or Integrity Group with an election.
Already, Governors Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue), who have been in office for eight years each, all lost their senatorial bid while Nyesom Wike (Rivers) who is also completing his second term as governor didn’t run for any elective post.
