The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Oyo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP (, Seyi Makinde, as winner of Saturday, March 18 governorship election in the state.
The State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Tella Adeniran, declared Makinde the winner of the poll today, March 19.
While Makinde polled 563,756 votes, his closest rival and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Teslim Folarin, scored 256,685 votes.
Makinde also won in 31 out of the state’s 33 local government areas.
