Govs Dapo Abiodun, Inuwa Yahaya visit Osinbajo, present certificate of returns to him

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has received Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun state in his office in Abuja.

The governor also presented the certificate of return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Recall that the electoral umpire declared Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Ogun state.

Abiodun scored 276,298 votes to emerge the winner of the keenly contested election.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ladi Adebutu, polled 262,383 votes to come second, thus trailing the winner with 13,915 votes.

Biyi Otegbeye of the ADC polled 94,754 votes to come third.

In a related development, the vice president was visited in his office by Governor Inuwa Yahaya who also won his reelection bid.

Yahaya who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18, 2023 governorship election scored 342,821 to defeat his close contender, Mohammed Jibrin Barde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 233,131. Inuwa Yahaya visits Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Ahmed Mailantarki of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) came third with votes 19,861 while Keftin Amuga of the Labour Party (LP) scored 1,753.

The two governors who recently visited Prof. Osinbajo expressed their gratitude to the Vice President for his unwavering support for them and the party.

Prof. Osinbajo voted in Ikenne, Ogun state during the presidential and governorship elections delivering his State on both occasions for APC.

It would be recalled that the vice president in February inaugurated the APC Legal Compliance Committee for over 1400 state and national elections. During the inauguration at the Presidential Villa, he urged members of his party to be proactive, noting that, he is confident they are up to the task.