The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared the winner of the state’s governorship election held on Saturday.
The declaration was made on Sunday by the State Returning Officer, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Professor Joshua Ogunwole.
Adeleke who contested on the platform of Accord was declared the winner, having won 19 out of the 30 local governments in the election.
Declared Ogunwole: “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.”
His closest rival, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Bola Oyebamiji, won in 11 local governments.
Adeleke recorded 511,067 votes while Oyebamiji had 444,815.
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Najeem Salaam, had 17,180 votes.
Adeleke recorded victory 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.
The local government areas won by Oyebamiji are Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda, Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun.
Announcing the results, the returning officer said: “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.”
It was after the agents of the political parties had singed the election results that Ogunwole declared Adeleke the winner of the election.
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