Seyi Makinde has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Oyo state.
Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the INEC Returning Officer in the state declared the result on Sunday evening at the State headquarters of INEC in Ibadan.
INEC records revealed that Makinde polled a total of 515,621 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress who polled 357,982 votes.
There were 2,934,107 registered voters in the state with 940,211 voters accredited for the election.