PDP wins Ife by-election
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party in Ife Central State Constituency Dipo Eluwole, has won the
by-election conducted to fill the vacant seat at the Osun State House of
Assembly.
The by election was conducted on
Saturday but the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the
poll inconclusive because results from two polling units were cancelled
and a rerun election was conducted on Sunday.
The PDP candidate scored 5,504 votes at
the end as the candidate of the Accord Party, Olusegun Fanibe came
second with 4,790 votes while the candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Tilewa Sijuwade came third with 4,587 votes.
The AP’s candidate, who recently
defected from the PDP, put up a strong show in the poll and he also is
spoilt the chances of his former party.
With the victory, the PDP retains the two seats it earlier won during the general election in. 2015,
The seat became vacant following the death of the Minority Leader, Mr. Oladejo Makinde of the PDP on December 27, 2015.
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