Members of the All Progressives Congress and members of the National Association of Kwara State Students protested in Kwara State on Monday.
The students protested peacefully from Murtala Muhammed Road through the Post Office to the Government House. The students said they were protesting against the non-payment of the balance of their bursaries.
APC members protested in Ilorin and Offa Local Government Area against the announcement on radio of the purported result of the rerun election held in Offa LG on Saturday in which the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Segun Olanipekun was declared winner.
According to the radio announcement and a statement from the Deputy Director, Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Dauda Nurudeen, PDP's Olanipekun polled 35,937 votes against 20,161 reported votes scored by APC candidate, Mr. Saheed Popoola.
But the APC protesters insisted that from signed result sheet obtained at the collation centre, APC trounced the PDP in 11 of the 12 wards.
They stated that PDP won only in Igboodun Ward, adding that APC scored 11,526 as against PDP's 4,668.
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