Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, OYSIEC has declared candidates of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP in the just concluded council polls as winners in all the 33 local government areas of the state.
Announcing results of the elections at the commission’s headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan, the Returning Officers from the various local government areas, declared that the PDP candidates defeated candidates of the opposition political parties, including the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Labour Party, LP, Social Democratic Party, SDP, and others to emerge victorious.
In a remark, OYSIEC Chairman, Aare Isiaka Olagunju explained that the commission would work on areas that required improvement for better election management in future.
Aare Olagunju equally said the post-election report would be made public.
He also commended stakeholders in the election process including the Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC, the National Orientation Agency, NOA, the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, OYACA for being partners in progress towards the successful conduct of the election.
One of the re-elected PDP candidates and Chairman of Ibadan North East, Mr. Ibrahim Akintayo while reacting to his victory, promised to deliver more dividends of democracy to the people at the grassroots.
