Politics

Shina Peller Loses Oyo North Senatorial Primary

A member of the house of representatives, Shina Peller has lost the Oyo north senatorial primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Gatekeepers News reports that the chairman of the election committee, Ayotunde Olowofoyeku, declared Abdulfatai Buhari, the current senator representing Oyo north, winner of the exercise, with a total of 570 votes.

Peller currently represents lseyin/ltesiwaju/Kajola/lwajowa federal constituency.

He came a distant third with five votes.

The result for other aspirants was announced as follows: Saheed Yusuf got six votes, Adeboyin Oladokun polled four votes, while Sola Ogunbode had no vote.

The total number of accredited voters was 592, with seven votes declared invalid.

Peller became a federal lawmaker in 2019 after he won the election for the federal constituency on the platform of the APC.

Uthman Olamilekan Bagbansoro

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