Osogbo – Mr Taofeeq Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo State, has emerged the South-West Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde-backed Arapaja scored 343 votes to emerge the winner at PDP South-West delegates congress held on Monday in Osogbo. He defeated his rival, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the immediate past Zonal Chairman and candidate of former Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, who scored 330 votes during the election. NAN reports that 675 votes were cast out of which 10 were voided. Benson Abounu, Benue Deputy, who represented his principal, Gov. Samuel Ortom, as Chairman of the Electoral Panel, announced the result of the election.