The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo, on Saturday lost the supplementary election held in poling unit 4, ward 1, Ifo constituency 1 in the state.

Oluomo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost the rerun election to Okikiola Ogundele of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ogundele polled 185 votes, while Oluomo garnered 167 votes.

Oluomo, however won his re-election with a total of 7,546 votes to defeat Ogundele of the PDP who garnered 6,596 votes.

The Speaker who was leading at the first election held on Saturday, March 18, but the election was declared inconclusive following over-voting in polling unit 4 of ward 1 of the state constituency.

But, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared the Speaker as the overall winner of the Ifo 1 state constituency election.

The Returning Officer for Ifo state constituency 1, Prof. Richard Shobayo while declaring Oluomo as the winner, said, the speaker polled 7,546 votes to defeat his arch rival, Yusuf  Ogundele of the Peoples Democratic Party who garnered 6,596 votes.

The Retaining Officer disclosed that, a total of 18,378 was for accredited voters while 95,448 was for the  total registered voters.

Reacting, Oluomo attributed his victory in the poll to God and the good people of Ifo saying that it was a well fought battle.

He assured the electorate of more dividend of democracy as the victory is a call to do more.

He urged other contenders to lay behind their differences and collaborate in developing the constituency.