Ex-minister's son wins APC Reps ticket in Kwara
Segun Adebayo, the son of Cornelius Adebayo, a former minister of communications, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the keenly contested primary election between 10 aspirants took place at the Irepodun Local Government Council headquarters, Omu-Aran.
Mr Adebayo polled 72 votes to defeat nine other aspirants.
Toba Oloyode came second with 32 votes while the duo of Kayode Bankole and Gbenle Adeyemi scored 27 votes, respectively.
Yunus Kareem, popularly known as “Jagunlabi”, polled 17 votes, Ekundayo Afolaogun 10 votes, while Dayo Olaosebikan had seven votes.
Gbenga Ajibola, the son of a former senator that represented Kwara South, Simon Ajibola, had four votes, while the Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Raphael Adetiba, scored six votes.
Ope Ibikunle polled one vote, while six votes were declared invalid.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Alapansapa Plat Technologies A.E. Afolabi Sun Qing Rong UNILORIN Alumni Association Olaitan Adefila NITDA Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Awodun Samuel Adaramola Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa James Kolo Towoju United Nigeria Congress Party Muhammad Toyin Sanusi NSCIA Albert Ogunsola Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Bankole Omishore Oju Ekun Sarumi Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar Musa Alhassan Buge Bola Tinubu Falokun-Oja Ilesha Gwanara Road Wasiu Onidugbe KWASSIP Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Dele Belgore Alao Ayotunde Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Lucky Omoluwa Sanusi Abubakar Adamu B. Yaqubu Adamu Atta Abdulrauf Yusuf Amule Elementary School Charcoal IQRA College Third Estate NIPOGA Folashade Omoniyi Elekoyangan Joseph Daudu Saidu Isa Wakilin Mata Lafiagi Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf Azeez Bello Abdulmutalib Shittu Ilorin Talaka Parapo Abubakar Olusola Saraki Malete Garuba Alikinla Shittu Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Orisun Igbomina Aishat Mohammed Lawal Rasheed Jimoh Atunwa Abdulfatah Ahmed Undergraduate Bursary Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu Abdullahi Atanda Amasa Amule IYA ALFA NLA Metro Park Abdulrasheed Lafia Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu Maigidasanma Dasuki Belgore Firdaos Amasa Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Paul Odama Simeon Sule Ajibola Kehinde Boyede

