Incumbent governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde has cinched a second tenure for himself as he has been declared winner of the Oyo State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the results released by the Electoral Commission,Seyi Makinde who is a member of the People's Democratic Party polled a total of 563,756 votes to defeat his closest rival, Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who obtained 256,685 votes, while Adebayo Adelabu of the Accord Party secured 38,357 votes.
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Residents of Oyo State took to the streets in widespread jubilation at the beloved governor's victory. Makinde was first sworn in on 29 May 2019 as the 28th executive Governor of Oyo State.Makinde took over from Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi after the latter's eight years in office. On April 7, 2022, Makinde declared his intention of run for another four years as clamored by the good people of Oyo State due to his ground breaking achievements since resuming office in 2019. He made this declaration in a message posted on his social media channels stating that "if the people of Oyo state desire it, we will serve four more years".
Indeed, the people of Oyo "desired it". Congratulations to Governor Seyi Makinde of the People's Democratic Party.
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