Fayose taunts Amosun over protege’s defeat in Ogun
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has taunted the outgoing governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, over his preferred candidate, Adekunle Akinlade’s defeat in the governorship election.
He led with 241,670 votes against his closest rival, Mr Akinlade, of the Allied Peoples Movement , who scored 222,153 votes. The final results released on Monday by the INEC also showed that Gboyega Isiaka of the African Democratic Congress polled 110,422 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party Candidate, Buruji Kashamu, got 70,290 votes.
Mr Fayose’s move to install his deputy at the last Ekiti governorship polls was also unsuccessful. The governor then alleged that the ruling APC, which won the election, ‘rigged’.
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