In the recently completed National Assembly elections, Olamijuwonlo Akala, the son of the previous governor of Oyo State, was proclaimed the victor for the Ogbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Oriire Federal Constituency.
Prof. Hakeem Olanrewaju Salami, the returning officer for the Ogbomoso federal constituency, proclaimed Olamijuwonlo Akala, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, the victor with a total of 33,268 votes.
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Olamiju Akala, affectionately known as Olamiju by his supporters, was a former chairman of the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area and ran against Olufemi Onireti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Prof. Salami said, “I declare Olamijuwonlo Akala winner of Ogbomoso/North/South/Oriire Federal Constituency having polled the total number of 33,268 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates Olufemi Onireti polled 27,126 votes,” when announcing Olamijuwonlo Akala as the winner of the election at the Ogbomoso Town Hall.
I’m really pleased, I won’t let the people of Ogbomoso and my constituents who voted for me down, and I’m so grateful to them all,” he stated shortly after being proclaimed the winner.