The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kolapo Osunsanya, as winner of the House of Representatives rerun held in Ogun Sate on Saturday.
In the result of the election announced by INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Charles Onwuka, at the commission’s collation centre in Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Osunsanya polled a total of 25, 959 votes to defeat his rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Taiwo Shote, who polled a total of 21, 911 votes.
Announcing the winner, Onwuka of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) said the APC candidate, Osunsanya, representing Ijebu-Ode/Odogbolu and Ijebu North East Federal Constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly, having fulfilled all the necessary constitutional requirements was returned as winner of the rerun.
In Bauchi State, INEC has declared Mohammed Auwal Jatau of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State as the winner of Zaki Federal Constituency.
Announcing the result of the election, the Returning officer, Professor Ahmed Kutama, declared him winner after getting a total of 15,405 votes against his rival Umar Tata of the APC who got 15,307 votes. (ThisDay)