Senator Fatai Buhari has defeated a member of the House Representatives, Hon. Shina Peller to win the senatorial ticket for Oyo North.
Mr. Buhari polled 570 votes against Mr Peller’s five votes, ending the lawmaker’s four-year stint in the parliament.
Mr Peller was elected to the House in 2019 and declined to seek a second term in order to stay true to an agreement to rotate the seat in his constituency, The Gazette reports.
Mr. Buhari, a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, is the incumbent senator representing the district, which covers the vast northern parts of Oyo.
