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Ex-SSG, Alli, wins APC senatorial ticket in Oyo

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A former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Alhaji Sharafadeen Alli, on Tuesday emerged the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate in Oyo South senatorial district.

Alli won the rerun primaries held at Le Chatteau Events Centre in Ibadan, polling 185 votes to defeat his closest rival, Kolapo Kola-Daisi, who garnered 145 votes.

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The incumbent senator representing Oyo South, Kola Balogun, scored 84 votes, while a former commissioner for finance in the state, Abimbola Adekanmbi, got 72 votes.

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