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After senatorial defeat, Ajimobi thanks Oyo people, congratulates PDP’s Balogun

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After losing his bid to return to the National Assembly, Senator Abiola Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), current governor of the state, has expressed gratitude to the people of Oyo State for the peaceful conduct of the general elections.

Ajimobi who lost the Oyo South Senatorial District to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ), Dr. Muhammed Kola Balogun, said he accepted the result.

He congratulated Balogun.

The governor said, “The results of the Oyo South Senatorial District election have been released by INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) indicating that I lost to the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) candidate.

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“I hereby accept the result as announced. Although there were a number of grievous infractions and established electoral malpractices, I have decided to let go in the interest of peace. I, therefore, congratulate the declared winner, Hon Kola Balogun and our APC Senators-elect, Abdulfatai Buhari and Teslim Folarin.

“If I lose the ticket and the party was able to gain, then it is nothing to feel sad about. APC has done well but we can always do better. If we won two out of the three Senatorial seats and we picked nine out of 14 federal constituency seats, then we should congratulate ourselves.

“To the teeming members and supporters of our party who came out in their thousands to show their preference for the APC, I thank and urge you to keep the faith especially as we look forward to the governorship and the House of Assembly elections.”

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