Senator Ademola Adeleke was on Tuesday declared winner of the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State.
Senator Adeleke scored 1,887 out of the 1,916 delegates accredited.
Final result of Osun State PDP gubernatorial primary election:
1,916 delegates accredited
- Ademola Adeleke – 1,887
- Dele Adeleke – 01
- Akinbade Fatai – 00
- Dotun Babayemi – 00
- Akin Ogunbiyi – 00
- Sanya Omirin – 04
- Invalid votes – 24
The governorship election is scheduled to hold on July 16.
The PDP primary, held at the 10,000 capacity Oshogbo stadium, was also contested by Dotun Babayemi.
The primary election was held amid allegations of bias and litigations which could have stalled the process.
Senator Adeleke was also the PDP’s flagbearer in 2018 when he lost to incumbent Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress.
