The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the rerun election for Ajaokuta federal constituency, Hon. Idirisu Lawal has been declared winner of the Saturday exercise.

The result announced by the Returning Officer, Prof Rabiu Balarabe, showed that Hon Lawal polled 13, 738 votes to defeat the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aloysius Okino, who polled 9,176 votes.

The supplementary election was conducted only in the 22 affected polling units as directed by the Court of Appeal, which had ordered for the rerun last October.

The court, in its ruling on an appeal by the PDP candidate, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct rerun elections in 22 polling units in the constituency.

Before the rerun, Lawal had 9, 040 while Okino had 9, 035 making the returned lawmaker leading with just five votes.

In the rerun the APC candidate polled 4, 698 while that of the PDP polled 141; leading with 4, 557 votes.

Reacting to his victory, Lawal hailed the constibutions of Governor Yahaya Bello, the administrator of Ajaokuta LGA, Hon. Mustapha Akaaba and the member representing Ajaokuta Constituency in the state assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Hassan Balogun, for standing tall to ensure the victory of the party.