Ibrahim Shittu, the All Progressives Congress candidate in Oyo State, emerged as the winner of the rerun election conducted in Saki West State Constituency by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday.
The Court of Appeal had previously sacked Shittu of the APC, who was declared the winner of the March 18, 2023 election, and ordered a rerun in two units.
The rerun election took place in Units 11, Ward six, Odo Osun, Kinikini, and Unit 19, Ward 11, Ogbalanja, Saki West state constituency.
At the conclusion of the rerun, the APC candidate secured 13,850 votes, while his closest challenger, Julius Okedoyin of the Peoples Democratic Party, had 13,670 votes.
Meanwhile, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adeniran Tella, and the state Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, had earlier visited the two polling units.
Tella commended the seamless conduct of the exercise, explaining that the rerun was mandated by a court order to ensure over 200 voters, who were unable to vote during the general election, could not be disenfranchised. Additionally, concerns about overvoting in one of the polling stations necessitated the rerun.
