Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party took an early lead in the governorship election held on Saturday in Osun State, with Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) trailing behind.
This much was seen from the results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
A review of results uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing Portal indicated that Adeleke was leading other candidates in the provisional results.
As of the time of filing this report, INEC had uploaded 95 per cent of the results on IREV, with Adeleke leading in Osogbo, Oriade, Iwo, Ede South, Ife North, Ife East and Irepodun Local Government Areas of the state.
In Oriade LGA, Adeleke polled 21,343 votes against Oyebamiji’s 14,863 votes, according to the INEC collation result signed by Dr Olabode Olajide.
Similarly, Adeleke won Osogbo LGA with 36,480 votes, while APC polled 30,474.
The governor cleared Iwo LGA after scoring 27,085 votes against APC’s 19,660.
In Ede South LGA, Adeleke recorded 26,188 votes to defeat Oyebamiji, who polled 6,219.
Top politicians in Osun State, however, suffered defeat in their polling units.
A former governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who is supporting Oyebamiji, lost his polling unit to Adeleke.
Similarly, ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola, who is the leader of the ADC in the state, lost his polling unit to the APC after a brief disruption of the voting process at his Unit 1, Ifofin Ward 8 in Ilesa East LGA of the state.
Also, the former National Secretary of the APC, Iyiola Omisore, lost his polling unit 003, Ife Ward 1 (Moore), St. Gabriel Primary School, in Ife East Local Government Area to Adeleke.
Adeleke secured 131 votes, while Oyebaimiji came second with 85 votes.
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