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APC confirms oil mogul as Ogun State governorship candidate

October 5, 2018 9:49 AM

The party confirmed that Abiodun won the primary election after scoring 102,305 votes.

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed oil mogul, Dapo Abiodun, as the winner of the partys Ogun State governorship primary election.

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In a statement signed by the APC's acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Thursday, October 4, 2018, the party confirmed that Abiodun won the primary election after scoring 102,305 votes.

He defeated Jimi Lawal (51,153 votes), Adekunle Akinlade (23, 443 votes), Bimbo Ashiru (29, 764 votes), Senator Adegbenga Kaka (17, 771 votes), and Abayomi Semako Koroto (9, 610).

The announcement by the party's national leadership puts an end to division in the party's Ogun State chapter after two governorship candidates were announced as winners following two parallel primary elections held on Wednesday, October 3.

While the NWC's electoral panel declared Abiodun the winner, the state chairman of the party, Derin Adebiyi, declared Akinlade, a member of theHouse of Representatives, the winner of a parallel election.