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Election: Ajimobi speaks on loss of senatorial seat

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
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The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, on Monday described as unfortunate, his loss in the contest for the Oyo South Senatorial District seat, in Saturday election.

He said although there were some irregularities, he had accepted the result in the interest of peace and congratulated the winner, Kola Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

His remarks are contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Bolaji Tunji.

His words: “The results of the Oyo South Senatorial District election have been released by INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) indicating that I lost to the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) candidate.

“I hereby accept the result as announced. Although there were a number of grievous infractions and established electoral malpractices, I have decided to let go in the interest of peace. I, therefore, congratulate the declared winner, Hon. Kola Balogun and our APC Senators-elect, Abdulfatai Buhari and Teslim Folarin.”

He said he was not sad about his loss because his party had gained in the election.

“If I lose the ticket and the party was able to gain, then it is nothing to feel sad about. APC has done well but we can always do better. If we won two out of the three Senatorial seats and we picked nine out of 14 federal constituency seats, then we should congratulate ourselves,” he said.

Ajimobi congratulated the supporters of APC who came out to vote.

He said they had shown their preference for the APC in view of the remarkable achievements recorded.

“I thank and urge you to keep the faith especially as we look forward to the governorship and the House of Assembly elections.

“With the impressive results we currently have, we should proudly go forth with greater sense of confidence and unity of purpose. Let us work together to ensure victory for our governorship candidate, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and all our candidates for the House of Assembly,” he said.

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