Senate President Bukola Saraki lost in his bid to return to Senate in Saturday’s National Assembly elections in Karate Central Senatorial District.

Mr Saraki, who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, lost to Mr Ibrahim Oloriegbe of All Progressives Congress.

The Senate President lost all four of the local governments in his senatorial district.

The local governments, which include Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin West and Ilorin South, were all won by Oloriegbe.

Declaring result of the elections in the district, returning officer, Mr Olawole Obiyemi, a professor of human kinetics education at the University of Ilorin, said Saraki polled 68,994 votes.

On the other hand, the total votes garnered by Oloriegbe was 123, 808.

Oloriegbe was thereafter declared the senator-elect in Kwara Central Senatorial District.

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