Ogun speaker, Oluomo emerges winner after supplementary poll

The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo has been declared winner of the Ifo 1 state constituency election.

In the supplementary election held on Saturday, Oluomo polled 7,546 votes to defeat his arch rival, Yusuf Ogundele of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 6,596 votes.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Richard Shobayo, said a total of 18,378 voters were accredited, as against 95,448 registered voters in the Constituency.

The election for Ifo state constituency 1, held on March 18, 2023 was declared inconclusive due to over voting.

A supplementary election was held in poling unit 4, ward 1, Ifo constituency 1 on Saturday and was won by the PDP.

The PDP during the supplementary poll polled 185 votes while APC garnered 167 votes.

Oluomo who was leading at the first election by 969 added 185 to it to defeat the PDP which had 6,410 and garnered 185 votes during the supplementary election, totalling 6,596 votes.

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The Action Democratic Congress which had one vote at the supplementary election came third with a total of 3,208 votes.

The Action Democratic Congress which had one vote at the supplementary election came third with a total of ADC 3208 votes.

Reacting, Oluomo attributed his victory in the poll to God and the good people of Ifo saying that it was a well fought battle.

He assured the electorate of more dividends of democracy as the victory is a call to do more.

He urged other contenders to lay behind their differences and collaborate in developing the constituency