Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election in the state.
The declaration was made by the chairman of the Primary Election Committee and governor of Kwara State, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, Sunday morning at the APC secretariat in Osogbo.
His words: “I, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, the Chairman, Primary Election Committee, hereby certify that Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, having scored the highest votes cast in Osun governorship primary election held on February 19 and met all requirements as contained in the guildelines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”
Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, recorded 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the preferred candidate of the immediate past governor of the state and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.
Adeoti recorded 12,921.
Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas of the state in the direct primary election on Saturday.
The third aspirant, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Lasun Yusuf, recorded 460 votes.
AbdulRazak said that the total registered voters for the exercise was 408,697, adding that the total numbers of accredited voters was 247, 207, while the total votes cast was 235,550.
In his remarks, the Chairman of APC in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famodun, commended the committee for a job well done.
Famodun said the peaceful outcome of the primary had put an end to tension in the state.
He said the party would work toward the victory of Oyetola, who is now the party’s candidate for July 16 governorship election in the state.
