OSUN DECIDES: ADELEKE TAKES EARLY LEAD WITH 177,572 VOTES AS COLLATION CONTINUES
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By: Muftau Fatimo
Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has taken an early lead as the collation of results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election continues.
Checks on the Nigeria Elections Intelligence System showed that results from 303 of the state’s 332 wards had been collated, with Adeleke polling 177,572 votes, representing 50.5 per cent of the total votes counted.
His closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had secured 158,588 votes, representing 45.1 per cent, while Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) placed third with 5,917 votes.
Collation of results was still ongoing across the state’s 30 local government areas as of the time of filing this report.
Figures from the collation showed that out of 845,100 registered voters in the state, 361,500 were accredited, translating to a voter turnout of 42.8 per cent. A total of 351,500 valid votes were recorded, while 7,200 ballots were rejected.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 43.41 per cent of polling units had reported results as collation entered its concluding stages.
Adeleke, who is seeking re-election, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party ahead of the poll, which INEC cleared 14 political parties to contest after the PDP and the Labour Party failed to field candidates.
Adeleke’s running mate is Kola Adenusi, while Oyebamiji, a former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), is running with Benjamin Adereti as his deputy.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is expected to formally declare the results through its Returning Officer at the state collation centre after all outstanding wards have submitted their results.
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