APC’s Ashiru garners 89, 704 votes to win Kwara South Senatorial election

President Muhammadu Buhari (backing the camera) addresses supporters during the APC presidential campaign rally in Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday.

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 23:38:03 WAT

Lola Ashiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Kwara South Senatorial District seat in Saturday’s election, has emerged victorious.

The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Sylvia Malom, while declaring the result at the Irepodun Local Government Secretariat in Omu-Aran, said the party’s candidate, Lola Ashiru, polled 89, 704 to emerge winner.

Sen. Rafiu Ibarhim, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who was Ashiru’s closest rival in the election, polled 45, 176 votes.

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Malomo said Ashiru, having scored the highest number of votes in the election, was declared winner and returned elected.

She gave the total number of registered voters as 432, 499, total valid votes as 136, 889, total number of rejected votes as 3, 119 and total number of votes cast as 140, 006.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking.

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