Oyo Guber: Makinde Heavily Favoured To Win Reelection After Collation Of 18 LGAs

• Governorship and house of assembly elections held on Saturday in Oyo.

• The elections, which were largely peaceful, have been returning winners.

• The results of the governorship election are currently being collated.

Eko Hot Blog reports Governor Seyi Makinde has secured an early lead in the Oyo state governorship election.

The incumbent governor is hoping to fight off stiff opposition to win his reelection bid and the early results suggest a landslide victory for him.

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently ahead of the pack after tallying results from 18 local government areas (LGAs) declared thus far.

There are 33 LGAs in the state. Hence, results in 15 more LGAs are expected to be collated.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and APC candidate, Senator Teslim Folarin

Makinde is contesting against Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party.

So far, Makinde has 281,383 votes while Folarin has polled 128,972 and Adelabu has secured 21,899 votes.

The announcement of the results is taking place at the state collation centre in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo.

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The exercise is presently on recess.

Editor’s note: Eko Hot Blog will keep updating you as the results come in.

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