2023: Incumbent Lagos Senator, Yayi defeats colleague, wins Ogun West Senatorial ticket

Senator Olamilekan Solomon Adeola aka Yayi has defeated incumbent Senator Tolu Odebiyi to pick the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial ticket for Ogun West.

Newsclickng.com reports that Adeola who is chairman, Senate Committee on Finance currently serves as senator representing Lagos West Senatorial district at the  ninth senate.

He scored 294 votes to defeat Tolu Odebiyi who polled zero vote.

A total of 294 delegates cutting across the five local government areas, were accredited for voting in the primary and all of them voted for Adeola popularly called YAYI.

Odebiyi hails from Iboro town in Ogun West.

Senator Odebiyi arrived the venue of the primary around 12:48pm with some of his supporters, claiming that he was the only person in the race for the APC Senate ticket

The Senator spoke with reporters shortly after he arrived the venue.

He said each of the two other contestants – Hon. Abiodun Isiaq Akinlade and Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka (GNI)-had stepped down earlier to take up House of Representatives tickets.

But the political climate changed around 1:28pm when Odebiyi’s main challenger, Senator Olamilekan Solomon Adeola, arrived amid rousing welcome by a crowd of supporters some minutes later.