By Wealth Oghenemaro
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Fola Oyekunle, has emerged winner of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Abiodun Oluwadare, announced the results in the early hours of Sunday in Ibadan.
According to him, Oyekunle secured 18,404 votes, defeating his closest contender, Adewale Olatunji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 8,312 votes.
Other contenders recorded lower figures, with Femi Akin-Alamu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) polling 88 votes, Olabisi Olajumoke of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) receiving 40 votes, while Hammed Badmus of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) managed 18 votes.
Prof. Oluwadare declared Oyekunle duly elected, having met all legal requirements.
The by-election was conducted to fill the vacant seat left after the death of APC’s Rep. Olaide Akinremi on July 10.
