aftermath of election loss;Teslim folarin took back his transformer donation to a community

Teslim Folarin Stuns Community

 In a move that has left the Hausa- dominated Sabo community in Ibadan, Oyo State, shocked since Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Teslim Folarin sent his aides to carry a transformer he donated to the community , few days before the election.

Folarin who came fourth in the election conceded defeat on Saturday night even before the official results were announcement.

The members of the community raised an alarm when they sighted Folarin aides by removing the Transformer in the early hours of Sunday but the aides were not moved.

Members of the  community immediately stormed the palace of the Sarkin Hausawa, Alhaji Ahmed Dahiru Zungeru where they expressed their concerns over the development, The Sarki waded into the matter by calling on Folarin’s political associate within the community, Alhaji Bashiru Maiborno, for clarification.


Daily Trust gathered that Maiborno  made efforts to effect the return of the transformer to the community, but he was rebuffed as the community members vowed not to take back the transformer from Senator Folarin.

He however claimed that the transformer was removed with a view to keeping it in a safer place. “Senator Folarin is a man of his words,” he said.

Few days before the election, Senator Folarin’s wife  was spotted on a bike with some motorcycle riders campaigning for her husband in Ibadan.

The Oyo governorship race was won by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 327,310 votes, while his closest rival, Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party, pulled 254,522 votes.