The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of the Osun governorship election.
Adeleke score a total of 403,371 votes above Adegboyega Oyetola, the incumbent governor of the All Progressive Congress who got 375,027 votes.
Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos who is the Returning Officer for the election made the announcement.
According to the Returning Officer, he said: “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen, on behalf of the chairman of INEC, the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner, and he is returned elected.”
Out of the total votes recorded in the state, PDP won 17 Local Government Areas among the 30 LGAs while the APC won the remaining 13.
It was gathered 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.
While the APC, on the other hand, won in Boripe, Ilesa East, Ayedire, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Ayedaade, Iwo, Olaoluwa, Asokan, Atakumosa East, Irewole, Ife South, and Ife East LGAs.
Although no fewer than 15 political parties partook in the election, many thought the Osun governorship election was only between Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Senator Adeleke.
Other candidates who participated include 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; and 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; and Adesuyi Olufemi of Zenith Labour Party also participated in the election.
The election was held across 3,763 units in the 30 LGAs of the state with a massive voter turnout and it was extensively peaceful.
Out of the 1,955,657 registered voters in the state, 1,479,595 Permanent Voter Cards were collected before the election.
