Saraki receives motivational messages after losing Senate seat

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been receiving messages of support after he lost his seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ibrahim Oloriegbe.

After news of his defeat filtered in on Sunday evening, Nigerians took to Twitter to wish him well in his political career.

The Senate president, however, did not fail to acknowledge the messages of support.

@bukolasaraki Sometimes, by loosing a battle you find a way to win the war #NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/KzDlIdQJeH

— #Atikuiscoming (@TheGreatFO) February 24, 2019

It was Zayn Malik who said;

“Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone.”

Personally, I thank Sen. Saraki for standing firm by his convictions! Very rare.B gd.#NigeriaDesides2019 pic.twitter.com/G46NliYccz

— Oyewole Michael 🇳🇬 (@Rolex7Michael) February 24, 2019

Really proud of @Bukolasaraki he could have cowered to the several threats and harassments as they sought for a rubber stamp legislative arm to destroy democracy. The easiest route was to be selfish and join them, but he fought till the end. Well done.

— Ayobami (@dondekojo) February 24, 2019

Leaders… they sacrifice everything for everyone ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ZNiMcYw5yX

— Deji Adeyanju (Ndi Kato) (@YarKafanchan) February 24, 2019

Me: Y.E, what next?

My Leader: #StayFocused. We are going to #GetNigeriaWorkingAgain

I follow pesin wey sabi road…#Oloye#NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/qxAcIIO1g3

— Eniola Shitta (@EniolaShitta) February 24, 2019

The Returning Officer for the district, Prof. Olatunbosun Owoyomi, announced the official results for Kwara Central Senatorial District on Sunday.

Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat Saraki who scored 68,994 votes in the four local governments of Kwara Central.

In Asa local government, Oloriegbe scored 15,932 votes while Saraki scored 11,252 votes.

In Ilorin East local government, Oloriegbe polled 30, 014 votes to Saraki’s 14,654.

In Saraki’s local government, Ilorin West, Oloriegbe polled 51,531 while the Senate president got 30,075 votes.

The APC senatorial candidate also defeated Saraki with 26,331 votes as against 13, 031in Ilorin South.