The Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee for governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been proclaimed the victor of the Osun governorship race by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
In the governorship election held in the State of Osun yesterday, Adeleke won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs), while the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the other 13 LGAs.
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The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes in a keenly contested race.
He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen, on behalf of the chairman of INEC, of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected.”
The PDP won in Ede North, Ede South, Ifelodun, Boluwaduro, Egbedore, Odo Otin, Osogbo, Ila, Atakumosa West, Olorunda, Ilesa West, Obokun, Oriade, Orolu, Ife North, Irepodun, and Ejigbo LGAs.
The APC, on the other hand, won in Boripe, Ilesa East, Ayedire, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Ayedaade, Iwo, Olaoluwa, Isokan, Atakumosa East, Irewole, Ife South, and Ife East LGAs.
Other candidates that partook in the election were,
- Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord Party
- Lasun Yusuff of Labour Party
- Oyegoke Omigbodun of Social Democratic Party
- Segun Awojide of African Action Congress
- Kehinde Atanda of Action Democratic Party
- Awoyemi Lukuman of Allied Peoples Movement
- Adebayo Elisha of All Peoples Party
- Adeleke Adedapo of Boot Party.
- Rasaq Saliu of New Nigeria Peoples Party
- Abede Samuel of National Rescue Movement
- Ayowole Adedeji of Peoples Redemption Party
- Ademola Adeseye of Young Peoples Party
- Adesuyi Olufemi of Zenith Labour Party
There was a significant voter turnout and the election, which was held in 3,763 units across the state’s 30 LGAs, was relatively calm.
A total of 1,479,595 Permanent Voter Cards were gathered before to the election out of the 1,955,657 registered voters in the state.
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