Browsing: Soji Akanbi

Ajimobi defeated Dr. Fola Akinosun by 2,659 to 168 votes to seek a return to the Red Chamber, where he represented the state between 2003 and 2007 on the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy.

Senate President Bukola Saraki had announced at plenary on Tuesday that 15 senators had defected from the APC to the PDP. Among those listed was Akanbi, who represents Oyo South.

The adjournment was preceded by the announcement of the defection of 15 senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party