Oyo Guber: Makinde In Massive Early Lead After Results Of 18 LGAs

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incumbent governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has taken an early lead in the governorship election in the state.

The results of 18 of the state’s 33 local governments have been formally announced by the electoral commission, INEC, at the collation centre in Ibadan, the state capital.

Mr Makinde’s PDP has won in all but one the local governments so far declared at the collation centre.

Mr Makinde’s main challenger, Teslim Folarin of the APC, trailed the governor in most of the local governments but won in Irepo local government.

Mr Makinde has so far polled a total vote of 281,152 votes against Mr Folarin who has 128,971 votes.

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