The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured three more House of Representatives seats in Ogun, winning all four so far declared out of nine federal constituencies in the state.
Olumide Osoba (APC) won Abeokuta North/ Odeda/Obafemi Owode, Lanre Edun (APC) won Abeokuta South, while Korede Osunsanya, also of APC, was declared winner of Ijebu-Ode/Ijebu-North/Odogbolu federal constituency.
Reports have it that the APC had earlier been declared winner of Ado – Odo/Ota Federal Constituency’s seat in Ogun.
Olumide, son of a former governor of the state and chieftain of APC, Chief Segun Osoba, polled a total of 33, 538 votes to defeat the incumbent, Mikhail Kazeem of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), who scored 14,903 votes.
The Returning Officer, Prof. Ismaila Salami, announced the result at Unity High School Collation Centre, Ago- Ika, Abeokuta.
Also the Returning Officer, Prof. Bameke Oyedele, at the Centenary Hall collation centre for the Abeokuta-South federal constituency, announced APC’s Edun as winner, having polled a total of 17,003 votes defeating his closest challenger, Mr Segun Sowunmi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored a total of 8,608 votes.
Also, the Returning Officer, Prof. Michael Ozoje, at Ijebu-Ode Local Government Collation Centre, announced Osunsanya as winner of Ijebu-Ode/Ijebu North-East/Odogbolu seat with a total of 25,608 votes, against Mr Taiwo Shote, the PDP candidate who came closest to Osunsanya, scoring total votes of 21,775.
Results of the polls for the five remaining federal constituency seats are still being awaited.