Tunji Olawuyi emerges candidate in Kwara APC Reps rerun election
Tunji Olawuyi (APC-Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero) of Kwara has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 election.
Mr Olawuyi polled 180 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Olusegun Adebayo, who scored seven votes at the rerun held in Omu-Aran.
The Returning Officer, Emmanuel Dan-Daura, said aspirants Abiola Abdulkareem and Oladayo Olaosebikan stepped down for Mr Olawuyi before commencement of voting.
201 delegates were said to have been accredited to vote in the election, out of which 14 votes were invalid.
Other aspirants who sent in their agents to participate in the election included Kayode Bankole, Gbenle Adeyemi and Toba Oloyede, but they had no vote.
The APC had ordered a rerun for the federal constituency after receiving a petition from an aspirant, citing omission of his name in the initial election.
(NAN)
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