Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has lost the Kwara Central
Senatorial District election to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The Returning Officer, Professor Olawale Olatunbosun,
announced this on Sunday shortly after collating the results of the election in
the zone. According to him, Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat
Senator Saraki of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 68,994 votes.
A breakdown of the results of the elections conducted
revealed that the Senator-elect defeated the Senate President in all four local
government areas in Kwara Central senatorial district. They are Asa, Ilorin
South, Ilorin West, and Ilorin East LGAs.
The lawmaker’s loss in the election has cost him and his
party a seat in the ninth Assembly, after Saraki’s tenure as Senate President
ends.
