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#Nigeria Decides: Former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin Wins In Oyo, Returns To NASS

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Former Senate Leader Returns To NASS

Senator Teslim Folarin, a former Senate leader, has made a return to the upper chamber of the National Assembly by emerging the winner of Oyo Central Senatorial District election.

Announcing the result, the Returning Officer for the senatorial district, Prof Idowu Falayi, said Senator Folarin of the All Progressive Congress (APC) polled 91,080 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Bisi Ilaka of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who got 83,600 votes.

While the incumbent, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu of the ADC scored 41,657 votes, a serving member of the lower chamber, Hon Temitope Olatoye got 41,377 to emerge third and fourth respectively.

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The results were announced amid heavy security with major political party agents around.

This is third time the former Senate leader will be elected into the Red chamber of the National Assembly having served in 2003 and 2007 on the platform of the PDP

The announced result of the Oyo central Senatorial/result is as follows:

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Afijio LG: APC-5522, PDP:6728, ADC:2,326 ADP:1539 Oluyole LG. APC:9490, PDP:9004, ADC:5654, ADP:1762, Egbeda LG, APC: 15346, PDP:11007, ADC:4370, ADP:3371,
Ona Ara LG: APC:8225, PDP-8040, ADC-3255 ADP-887
Akinyele LG: APC-8938, PDP-9244, ADC-8349, ADP:5442,
Surulere LG: APC:9141, PDP-3907, ADC-1222, ADP-8204, Ogo Oluwa LG, APC-5688,PDP:4276 ADC:1023, ADP:4628
Oyo East LG: APC: 6122, PDP-9368, ADC-4109, ADP-2391,
Oyo west LG: APC-6593, PDP-8453, ADC-3375, ADP-2659,
Atiba LG: APC-6932, PDP:6825, ADC:4824, ADP:5424, APC:9083 PDP:6748, ADC:3147, ADP:5070
Total results: APC- 91080, PDP-83600, ADC-41,657, ADP-41377