•Daniel Wins
Ogun State governor, Chief Gbenga Daniel, on Friday, won the Ogun East Senatorial District ticket at the National Assembly primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Daniel, who clinched the ticket with 2,021 votes, defeated his opponents, Senator Lekan Mustapha, who is currently occupying the seat, who polled eight votes; Ahmed Bankole-Shehu who had 10 votes and Toheeb Odunowo with one vote.
The exercise was held at the Gateway International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode. amid tight security.
In Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode, parallel primaries were held.
In Ijebu-Ode, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo, won the Ogun Central Senatorial District with 1,371 votes to defeat daughter of the late business mogul cum politician, Chief MKO Abiola, Lola Abiola-Edewor, who scored 41 votes.
But Abiola-Edewor defeated Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello by 567 votes to three in a parallel primaries held at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta.
Also, in a parallel exercise held in Ijebu-Ode for the same Ogun East Senatorial seat, Mr Adetunji Odunowo scored 1,004 votes to defeat Governor Daniel, who scored 35 votes.
It was gathered that Senator Mustapha made a last-minute withdrawal from the race, a situation that paved the way for Odunowo.
As of the time of filing this report, result from the Ogun West District was not available.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" -Albert Einstein
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