Ademola Adeleke emerges winner of Osun governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared People's Democratic Party candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke the winner of the Osun gubernatorial election.

University of Lagos Electoral Officer and Vice-Chancellor Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe announced that Adeleke received a total of 403,371 votes, beating incumbent Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who received 375,027 votes in a hard-fought race.

He said: "I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen, on behalf of the Chairman of INEC, of the PDP, having complied with the requirements of the law, being hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected."

According to the total votes recorded by the election umpire, the PDP won 17 of the state's 30 local government districts, while the APC won the remaining 13.

The PDP won in the LGAs Ede North, Ede South, Ifelodun, Boluwaduro, Egbedore, Odo Otin, Osogbo, Ila, Atakumosa West, Olorunda, Ilesa West, Obokun, Oriade, Orolu, Ife North, Irepodun and Ejigbo.

The APC, on the other hand, won in the LGAs Boripe, Ilesa East, Ayedire, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Ayedaade, Iwo, Olaoluwa, Isokan, Atakumosa East, Irewole, Ife South and Ife East.

The PUNCH reported that Adeleke and his nephew, award-winning Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, were featured in a video that surfaced online celebrating an early head start as the count began.

Meanwhile, there was also wild cheering in the PDP's Situation Room as the PDP claimed it would win the election before the final results were announced.

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