Sunday, August 16, 2026 - Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, was on Sunday declared elected, having won 19 out of the 30 local government areas in the governorship election held across the state on Saturday.
The State Returning Officer, the Vice-Chancellor of the
Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, declared the result of the
poll at about 7:24 am on Sunday.
Adeleke polled a total of 511067 votes to emerge victorious
in the contest.
Ogunwole subsequently returned the governor to office for
another term.
The incumbent Osun governor, who contested the poll on the
platform of the Accord, defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the
All Progressives Congress, who won in 11 LG areas of the state.
While Adeleke won 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, Osogbo and Ayedire local
government areas.
Oyebamiji, however, won in Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda,
Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun local
government areas.
Declaring the results, Ogunwole said, “Accredited voters,
1010684, total votes received by political parties, A, 511067, AA, 2308, AAC,
1458, ADC, 17180, ADP, 2946, APC, 444815, APGA, 1475, APM, 234, APP, 114, BP,
111, NNPP, 118, PRP, 83, SDP, 155, YPP, 534, ZLP, 2482, total valid votes,
985079, rejected votes, 207, total vote cast, 1,005,800.”
After agents of the political parties have signed the
results of the election, the Returning Officer declared Adeleke of the Accord
as the winner of the poll.
“That Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke having satisfied the
requirements of the law is hereby declare the winner of the August 15
Governorship election and returned elected,” Ogunwole said.
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the
poll, Najeem Salaam, came third in the poll.
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