Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared the winner of the August 15 governorship election, securing victory in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas.
The State Returning Officer, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, announced the result at about 7:24 a.m. on Sunday.
According to the declared results, Adeleke, who contested under the Accord Party, polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes.
The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, finished third in the election.
Declaring the result, Ogunwole said the election recorded 1,005,800 total votes cast, with 985,079 votes declared valid and 20,721 votes rejected.
He said, “That 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.”
Adeleke recorded his victories 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 and Osogbo.
Oyebamiji won in Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda, Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun local government areas.
The Returning Officer announced the final declaration after agents of the participating political parties had signed the collated results.
With the declaration, Adeleke secures another term as governor of Osun State.
