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Osun election results: Oyebamiji floors Adeleke at Boluwaduro LG polling unit

Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, has floored the incumbent governor and Accord Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in Boluwaduro Local Government Area, at Ward 6, Polling Unit 006, during the ongoing governorship election in Osun State. According to a result sheet shared by Akinsola Akin on X after vote counting ended at […] Osun election results:…

Osun election results: Oyebamiji floors Adeleke at Boluwaduro LG polling unit

In a recent governorship election held in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emerged victorious over incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, who belongs to the Accord Party. This outcome was confirmed at a polling unit in Boluwaduro Local Government Area, where Ward 6, Polling Unit 006, recorded a significant margin of 68 votes for Oyebamiji compared to 39 votes for Adeleke.

Voting began at 9 a.m. on Saturday and concluded by 2:30 p.m., covering multiple polling stations throughout the state. The election featured 13 candidates competing for the support of 2,339,233 registered voters, as per data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Prior to the final results, both Oyebamiji and Adeleke expressed dissatisfaction with the election proceedings.

Adeleke specifically cited issues with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines at various polling units, stating they were malfunctioning and slow. Additionally, Adeleke's nephew, David Adeleke, known as Davido, reported that INEC had not yet uploaded the election results to its IReV portal as of 2:33 p.m. on Saturday.

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