Chidi Samuel|
Senate president, Bukola Saraki has lost the Kwara central senatorial district to Ibrahim Oloriegbe, of the ruling APC.
In the race for Kwara central senatorial district, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled a total of 123,808, to Saraki’s 68,994 votes, leaving a margin of 54,814 votes.
Saraki lost all the four local government areas in the senatorial district.
In Ilorin south, Oloriegbe had 26,331 while Saraki secured 13,013 votes. In Ilorin east, Oloriegbe polled 30,014 votes while Saraki got 14,654. In Asa, Oloriegbe polled 15,932 while Saraki got 11,252 votes. In Ilorin west, his local government, Oloriegbe, garnered 51,531 votes ahead of Saraki who had 30,075 votes.
The Senate president also failed to deliver Kwara for Atiku. The O’ to’ge\( Enough is Enough) movement spearheaded by Lai Mohammed, minister of information, was instrumental to ousting of the strong man of Kwara politics.
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