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Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday unanimously elected 31-year-old lawmaker from Ibarapa East Constituency, Debo Ogundoyin, as the Speaker of the house.
Ogundoyin was first elected into the Assembly in 2018 after the death of the speaker, Michael Adeyemo from Ibarapa East.
Olagunju Ojo from Oriire constituency in Ogbomoso was elected speaker after Adeyemo’s demise.
Coincidentally, the new speaker is from the late speaker’s constituency and also son of the late industrialist, Adeseun Ogundoyin from Eruwa, Ibarapa area of the state.
The ninth Assembly is dominated by the Peoples Democratic Party with 26 out of the 32 members.
The former ruling party, the All Progressives Congress has five lawmakers, leaving the Action Democratic Party with only one member.
