Seyi Makinde re-elected as Oyo State governor

Seyi Makinde will serve as the governor of Oyo state for another four years.

He emerged winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Oyo state, according to the results collated on Sunday, March 19 following the election exercise that took place across the country on Saturday, March 18.

The state Resident Electoral Commission, Tella Adeniran, declared Makinde the winner of the poll on Sunday.

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Makinde polled 563,756 votes to defeat Folarin who scored 256,685 votes.

Makinde, who was seeking re-election, on Saturday, contested against a three-term Senator, Teslim Folarin of All Progressives Congress and Adebayo Adelabu of Accord Party, who was former deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The announcement of the results was monitored by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Tella Adeniran, alongside the state returning officer, a professor from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Olusola Kehinde, and heads of security apparatus in the state.