Senate President Bukola Saraki needs about 20,000 votes to close the gap between him and Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, the APC challenger in the race for the Kwara Central senatorial district.
Saraki further lost pace with Oloriegbe following the announcement of the result of Ilorin East Local government, the second local government in his senatorial district.
Oloriegbe had beaten Saraki, 15, 392 votes to 11, 252 in Asa. In Ilorin East LG, he outpaced Saraki 30,014 votes to 14,654 votes, stretching the gap to 19,500 votes.
Results from Ilorin West and ilorin South are still being expected.
In Asa Local Government the PDP also lost to the APC. He was not the only one mourning the loss as the party’s governorship candidate Razak Atunwa comes from Efue, in the council area.
Atunwa is the incumbent House of Representatives member representing Asa and Ilorin West Federal Constituency.
According to INEC, while APC polled a total of 15, 932 votes, PDP scored 11, 252 votes
The result of the election was announced by the Returning Officer for Asa Local Government, Prof Emmanuel Sanya at the state office of INEC in Ilorin on Sunday.
APC won in 12 of the 17 wards in in Asa while PDP won in five wards.
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The Returning Officer said a total of 73, 425 voters were registered in the local government, while 29, 027 voters were accredited for the election.
Sanya said out of the 28, 815 votes cast, 27, 850 were valid with 956 votes rejected.
The returning officer said results are still being expected in three other local governments, Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South, which make up the senatorial district.
