BREAKING: INEC declares PDP’s Adeleke Winner Of Osun Governorship Election

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of the Osun State governorship poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Declaring the winner, Prof. Olutoye Ogundipe, the INEC returning officer, said Adeleke polled a total of 403,371 votes to win the election.

He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen on behalf of the chairman of INEC of the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected.”

Adeleke beat Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives Congress with 403,371 votes to 375,027 votes.

Adeleke won in 17 local government areas including Olorunda, Ede South, Orolu, Osogbo, Odo Otin, Ifelodun, Atakumosa, and Ila,

The pioneer National Chairman of the ruling APC, Bisi Akande is from Ila LGA.

Meanwhile, Governor Oyetola won in 13 local government areas including Iwo, Ayedaade, Ife South and Ife East.

The 2022 Osun governorship election took place in all the 30 local government areas of the state with 3,763 polling units and 332 registration areas.

Accord Party came third with 4,508 votes, followed by Labour Party with 2,729 votes, African Action Congress with 2,141 votes and Social Democratic Party with 515 votes.

In 2018, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Oyetola as the winner, having polled 255,505 votes against Adeleke, who had 255,023 votes at the end of a supplementary election, held in seven polling units across four local governments amidst allegations of harassment and other forms of malpractice.

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