Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has taken a commanding lead in Saturday’s Osun State governorship election, winning 19 of the 30 local government areas whose results have been announced so far.
His closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, secured 11 local governments, according to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
A total of 15 political parties participated in the election, but only the Accord Party and the APC made significant impact across the state.
The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came a distant third with 14,989 votes.
As of the time of filing this report, INEC had not yet officially declared the winner. The State Returning Officer, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, is expected to make the final declaration at the INEC state collation centre in Osogbo.
Below is the breakdown of how each local government voted:
Boluwaduro LG
Accord: 7,118
APC: 7,050
ADC: 179
Total valid votes: 14,478
Ede South LG
Accord: 26,188
APC: 6,219
ADC: 390
Total valid votes: 33,210
Ife North
Accord: 13,879
APC: 9,613
ADC: 333
Total valid votes: 24,216
Ilesa West
Accord: 16,196
APC: 12,756
ADC: 673
Total valid votes: 30,244
Ifedayo
Accord: 7,427
APC: 6,836
ADC: 115
Total valid votes: 14,449
Ilesa East
Accord: 12,280
APC: 16,208
ADC: 504
Total valid votes: 29,460
Ife Central
Accord: 21,171
APC: 15,913
ADC: 747
Total valid votes: 38,380
Boripe
Accord: 12,448
APC: 19,963
ADC: 379
Total valid votes: 33,116
Irepodun
Accord: 14,504
APC: 15,713
ADC: 249
Total valid votes: 30,717
Obokun
Accord: 12,023
APC: 16,120
ADC: 205
Total valid votes: 28,687
Orolu
Accord: 12,352
APC: 10,622
ADC: 236
Total valid votes: 23,438
Osogbo
Accord: 36,480
APC: 30,474
ADC: 1,503
Total valid votes: 69,307
Oriade
Accord: 21,343
APC: 14,863
ADC: 423
Total valid votes: 37,073
Odo Otin
Accord: 18,003
APC: 15,435
ADC: 377
Total valid votes: 34,026
Ife East
Accord: 27,201
APC: 18,600
ADC: 935
Total valid votes: 47,519
Ifelodun
Accord: 21,107
APC: 18,396
ADC: 509
Total valid votes: 40,466
Atakumosa West
Accord: 7,479
APC: 10,037
ADC: 213
Total valid votes: 17,985
Iwo
Accord: 27,085
APC: 19,660
ADC: 588
Total valid votes: 48,027
Ede North
Accord: 35,427
APC: 10,283
ADC: 307
Total valid votes: 46,474
Ila
Accord: 16,211
APC: 12,934
ADC: 259
Total valid votes: 29,605
Irewole
Accord: 10,934
APC: 29,972
ADC: 275
Total valid votes: 41,575
Ayedire
Accord: 11,073
APC: 9,910
ADC: 148
Total valid votes: 21,228
Atakumosa East
Accord: 7,872
APC: 9,936
ADC: 333
Total valid votes: 18,442
Egbedore
Accord: 19,278
APC: 11,194
ADC: 363
Total valid votes: 31,155
Ayedaade
Accord: 16,681
APC: 15,719
ADC: 331
Total valid votes: 33,180
Isokan
Accord: 13,765
APC: 14,063
ADC: 384
Total valid votes: 28,715
Olaoluwa
Accord: 10,063
APC: 10,782
ADC: 213
Total valid votes: 21,228
Ife South
Accord: 13,507
APC: 14,678
ADC: 290
Total valid votes: 28,906
Ejigbo
Accord: 18,458
APC: 16,195
ADC: 5,053
Total valid votes: 40,314
Olorunda
Accord: 23,514
APC: 24,671
ADC: 666
Total valid votes: 49,458
With all 30 local government results now announced, all eyes are on INEC for the final declaration. Governor Adeleke currently leads with a significant margin, but the official winner will only be known after the returning officer makes the formal announcement.
The election was generally peaceful, although there were isolated reports of vote-buying and other electoral malpractices in some areas.
