Results already announced by INEC shows that Senate President Bukola Saraki is lagging behind as his main opponent, APC’s Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, for the Kwara Central senatorial district currently leads the way.
Saraki lost pace with Oloriegbe following the announcement of the result of Ilorin East Local government, the second local government in his senatorial district.
Oloriegbe had beaten Saraki, 15, 392 votes to 11, 252 in Asa. In Ilorin East LG, he outpaced Saraki 30,014 votes to 14,654 votes, stretching the gap to 19,500 votes.
At the time of this report, results from Ilorin West and ilorin South are still being expected.
According to INEC, while APC polled a total of 15, 932 votes, PDP scored 11, 252 votes
The result of the election was announced by the Returning Officer for ASA Local Government, Prof Emmanuel Sanya at the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ilorin on Sunday.
APC won in 12 of the 17 wards in in Asa while PDP won in five wards.
The Returning Officer said a total of 73, 425 voters were registered in the local government, while 29, 027 voters were accredited for the election.
Sanya said out of the 28, 815 votes cast, 27, 850 were valid with 956 votes rejected.
The returning officer said results are still being expected in three other local governments, Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South, which make up the senatorial district.