Mr Adeleke of the APC was formally declared the winner of the election by the INEC returning officer, Joshua Ogunwole.
The incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has won his re-election bid after defeating 14 other candidates to win Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The governor scored a total of 511,067 votes while his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC, scored 444,815 votes.
Mr Adeleke also won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas while Mr Oyebamiji won in 11.
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See the final result below:
Accredited voters 1,010,604
Accord 511,067
APC 444,815
AAC 1458
ADC 17180
ADP 2946
APGA 1474
APM 234
APP 114
BP 111
NNPP 118
PRP 83
SDP 155
YPP 534
ZLP 2482
TOTAL VALID VOTES: 985,079
REJECTED VOTES: 20,721
TOTAL VOTES CAST: 1,005,800
