Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka, Akinwale Akinwole and Olasunkanmi Joseph Tegbe have clinched the\u00a0People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for Oyo Central Senatorial ,Oyo North Senatorial and Oyo South Senatorial Districts respectively.
\nIlaka who was the former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde defeated Wale Adegoke and Wale Ajani to emerge as the candidate of the PDP for zone.<\/p>\n
The Oyo born was returned as the winner by Olugbega Adedamola Adebayo, the returning officer who stated that Ilaka got 322 votes, while his closest rival Wale Adegoke got 36 votes.
\nHe defeated Wale Adegoke and Wale Ajani to emerge as the candidate of the PDP for Oyo Central Senatorial zone.
\nThe PDP State Party Chairman Dayo Ogunbenro and Akeem Olatunji the Party\u2019s Publicity Secretary in Oyo state as well as Executive Chairmen of the eleven local governments comprising Oyo Central Senatorial zone were on ground to monitor proceedings at the election.<\/p>\n
Also, Akinwole,also known as Wolekanle ,the Ogbomoso-born entrepreneur was declared the winner by the electoral officer, Babatude Akeem at the election held in Iseyin.<\/p>\n
He polled 414 votes out of the 415 votes.
\nLikewise, Tegbe won the ticket at the election held at the primary election held at Gafo Arena, Ijokodo, Ibadan.
\nAt the primary election presided over by the returning officer, Bolanle Oladeji, Tegbe who had no rival aspirant scored a total of 297 votes and was declared winner.
\nThe primary elections were monitored by representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, People\u2019s Democratic Party PDP electoral officers, security agencies and others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka, Akinwale Akinwole and Olasunkanmi Joseph Tegbe have clinched the\u00a0People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for Oyo Central Senatorial ,Oyo North Senatorial and Oyo South Senatorial Districts respectively. Ilaka who was the former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde defeated Wale Adegoke and Wale Ajani to emerge as the candidate of the PDP…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n