Oyo By-election Result: Adelabu in the Eye of the Storm

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Kemi Olaitan reports that last Saturday’s by-election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency won by the Peoples Democratic Party may have pitched members of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State against Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu.


Oyo State was part of the 12 states in the country where by-election was conducted last Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fill the vacant seat of Ibadan North Federal Constituency. 


It was won by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Folajinmi Oyekunle who polled 18,404 votes, defeating other challengers including Hon. Adewale Olatunji, widely known as Murphy, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who garnered 8,312 votes.

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