By Marcus Ikechukwu
Seyi Makindr, governor of Oyo has been declared the winner of the governorship elections in the state.
Announcing the final result at the INEC’s collation center, Agodi, Ibadan, Adebayo Simeon Bamire Adedayo, the state returning officer, declared Makinde of the PDP won with votes of 563,756 votes, Teslim Folarin of APC 256,685 votes. At the same time, Accord Party candidate, Adebayo Adelabu scored 38,358 votes.
“That Makinde Oluseyi Abiodun of PDP having satisfied the requirement is hereby declared the winner of the election.
He said, “Total valid votes, 874672, rejected votes, 14920, total vote count, 889592.”
For the record, below are the results of the elections as presented by the Returning Officer, Prof. Adebayo Simeon Bamire Adedayo.