Victor Ezeja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as winner of the Saturday governorship election in Osun State.
According to the Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Adeleke scored a total of 403,371 votes beating his closet rival and the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got 375,027 votes.
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Ogundipe 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.”
The election which was a keenly contested one, had 15 political party in participation in the exercise that across the 332 wards and 3,763 polling units in the state.
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According to the total votes recorded by INEC, the PDP won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas of the state, while the APC won the remaining 13.
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.
The APC, on the other hand, won in Boripe, Ilesa East, Ayedire, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Ayedaade, Iwo, Olaoluwa, Isokan, Atakumosa East, Irewole, Ife South, and Ife East LGAs.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with seven years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication.
