Politics
BREAKING: Arapaja Defeats Olafeso, Wins PDP Southwest Chairmanship Seat
Former Oyo Deputy Governor Taofeek Arapaja has won the southwest chairmanship seat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), The Nation reports.
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He was declared winner of the hotly contested poll by chairman of the Congress and Benue Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu.
Arapaja, who belongs to the camp of Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde, polled 343 votes to defeat Dr Eddy Olafeso, who scored 330.
Olafeso is of the camp of former Ekiti Governor Ago Fayose.
Details shortly…
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