The Senator representing Osun Central, Olubiyi Fadeyi, has lost the re-election ticket of the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections to highly cerebral senior lawyer, Mr. Kunle Rasheed Adegoke (SAN), popularly known as KRAD.

In a video clip obtained on Tuesday, the chairman of Osun APC primary election committee, Mr Bayo Ayo, who read the result, said: “Adegoke polled 26,655 votes to emerge victorious, while Fadeyi received 13,138 votes.”

Other aspirants for the ticket, Yomi Ogunwale scored 2,925, Akintunde Adegboye, 342 votes while Olu Fakeye got 067 votes.

On the other hand, the current lawmaker representing Osun East in the Senate, Francis Fadahunsi, has won his primaries re-election bid. Fadahunsi, presently serving on the Senate Committee on Industry, was first elected into the Senate in 2019 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party. In 2023, he was re-elected on the platform of the same party. He, however, in 2025, alongside four other PDP lawmakers, defected to the All Progressives Congress.

Ayo said: “Fadahunsi scored 23,593 votes to defeat his opponents, Mr Famurewa Isreal and Mr Thomas Ogungbangbe, who got 472 and 806 votes respectively. ”

In Osun West Senatorial, insurance guru, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, picked the APC ticket with a total of 30,568 votes.

His closest challenger, Gafar Akintayo, scored 1,215 votes, and Peter Ogundeji, who had earlier announced his withdrawal from the race, got 14 votes.

The PUNCH reports that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State had lauded the peaceful House of Representatives primary of the party held across the state and congratulated the candidates, other aspirants and the members on the successful exercises.

In a statement signed by the Osun APC spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, the party appealed for calm and urged both the candidates and the aspirants to rein in their supporters and desist from publishing offensive statements or passing comments capable of causing crisis in the party.

The APC subsequently urged aggrieved aspirants to leverage the constitutional mechanism to address their grievances.

It commended the displayed spirit of sportsmanship of the aspirants, saying the contests have produced candidates who must be supported in the overall interest of the party.

“With the successful completion of the primary elections into the Houses of Representatives and Assembly of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State yesterday, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has congratulated the candidates, other aspirants, the members of the party and their numerous supporters.

“It is expedient to inform us all that there’s no winner and no vanquished in this sportsmanlike NASS primary elections as our party and the entire people of the state were the overall winners of the elections,” the statement read partly.

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