2023 Polls: Senate Spokesman, Basiru loses re-election bid

Senator Ajibola Basiru, the senate spokesperson who contested under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress lost his reelection bid.

Olubiyi Fadeyi, of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), was declared winner of the election.

Fadeyi was returned elected, having polled 134,229, while Basiru garnered  117,609 votes.

The results as announced by Prof Ibraheem Usman, the collation officer for Osun Central Senatorial District in Osogbo on Sunday, also indicated that the Labour Party candidate, Oyebode Babalola, got 2,292.

Also for Osogbo Federal Constituency, PDP’s Monruf Adewale with  71,677 votes was returned elected, defeating Abosede Kasumu of the APC, who got 58,992 votes.

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