The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday morning declared incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, as winner of the governorship election held in the state on Saturday having won 19 out of the 30 local government areas in the the state.
The State Returning Officer, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, declared the result of the poll at about 7:24 am on Sunday.
Adeleke polled a total of 511,067 votes to emerge victorious in the contest.
Ogunwole subsequently returned the governor to office for another term.
The incumbent Osun governor, who contested the poll on the platform of the Accord, defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who won in 11 LG areas of the state.
While Adeleke won in Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, Iwo, Egbedore, Ife North, Ife East, Ife Central, Oriade, Ifelodun, Orolu, Ayedaade, Ayedire, Odo Otin, Boluwaduro, Ilesa West, Ifedayo, Osogbo and Ayedire local government areas.
Oyebamiji, however, won in Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda, Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun local government areas.
Declaring the results, Ogunwole declared:
Accredited voters, 1010684
Total votes received by political parties:
A, 511067
AA, 2308
AAC, 1458
ADC, 17180
ADP, 2946
APC, 444815
APGA, 1475
APM, 234
APP, 114
BP, 111
NNPP, 118
PRP, 83
SDP, 155
YPP, 534
ZLP, 2482
Total valid votes, 985079
Rejected votes, 207
Total vote cast, 1,005,800
After agents of the political parties have signed the results of the election, the Returning Officer declared Adeleke of the Accord as the winner of the poll.
He said “That Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declare the winner of the August 15 Governorship election and returned elected,” Ogunwole said.
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the poll, Najeem Salaam, came third in the poll.
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