The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled 444,815 votes.
The State Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, declared the result at about 7:24 a.m. on Sunday.
Ogunwole subsequently returned Adeleke elected for another term in office.
Adeleke won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, including Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, Iwo, Egbedore, Ife North, Ife East, Ife Central, Oriade, Ifelodun, Orolu, Ayedaade, Ayedire, Odo Otin, Boluwaduro, Ilesa West, Ifedayo and Osogbo.
However, Oyebamiji won in Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda, Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun local government areas.
The ADC candidate, Najeem Salaam, finished third in the election with 17,180 votes.
According to the Returning Officer, 1,010,684 voters were accredited, while 1,005,800 votes were cast. Of these, 985,079 were declared valid and 20,721 were rejected.
After the party agents signed the results, Professor Ogunwole declared Adeleke the winner, saying he had satisfied the requirements of the law.
He said, “Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the August 15 governorship election and returned elected.”
