JUST IN: PDP Wins Ibadan North Bye Election, Defeats APC With Wide Margin

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Folajimi Oyekunle has emerged as the winner of the Saturday, 16th of August bye election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency. 

Oyekunle, who defeated his close contender, and candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Hon. Adewale Olatunji Murphy and other candidates polled the total of 18,404 votes while APC’s Murphy polled 8,312 votes.

Other candidates in the bye-election with the total of 217, 980 registered voters, held in 12 wards and 512 polling units, are Dexter Femi Akin-Alamu (African Democratic Congress, ADC), Olabisi Olajumoke Odususi (All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA), Hammed Badmus (Zenith Labour Party, ZLP) and Islamiyat Oluwatoyin Abdulkadir (Social Democratic Party, SDP).

The bye-election is imperative following the demise of late Honourable Musiliudeen Olaide Akinremi, popularly known as Jagaban, who represented the constituency in the House of Representatives till his passing on July 10, 2024, after a brief illness.

Full Results of the elections are below:

Ward 1 

PDP 1167, APC 401

Ward 2

PDP 1481, APC 657

Ward 3

PDP 2354, APC 1092

Ward 4

PDP 2188, APC 712

Ward 5

PDP 1580, APC 1047

Ward 6

PDP 1293, APC 538

Ward 7

PDP 1318, APC 529

Ward 8

PDP 2339, APC 899

Ward 9

PDP 958, APC 472

Ward 10

PDP 782, APC 360

Ward 11

PDP 977, APC 411

Ward 12

PDP 2093, APC 1148

Total Votes From Both Parties

Pdp 18530

Apc 8266