The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Professor Dayo Faduyile of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ondo South Senatorial District by-election held on Saturday.
The result was announced on Sunday at the collation centre in Okitipupa Local Government Area by the Returning Officer, Professor Gbenga Solomon-Ibileye, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja.
Faduyile polled 68,474 votes to emerge victorious.
The by-election was conducted to fill the vacant seat in the district following the appointment of former Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Faduyile, a former President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), is expected to be sworn in as the new senator representing Ondo South.
