INEC declares Adeleke winner of Osun guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the 2026 governorship election. Announcing the result, the Returning Officer, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, who is the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, said Adeleke, the candidate of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent Governor of Osun State, as the winner of the 2026 governorship election. Prof Joshua Ogunwole, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, revealed that Adeleke, representing the Accord Party, garnered 511,067 votes to outperform his closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji from the All Progressives Congress (APC), who secured 444,815 votes.
ADC candidate Adeleke came in third with 17,180 votes. With a winning margin of 66,252 votes, Adeleke emerged victorious over the APC candidate. The election saw 2,339,544 registered voters, of which 1,010,684 were accredited. Among the valid votes cast, 985,079 were valid, and 20,721 votes were rejected, resulting in a total of 1,005,800 votes cast.
Adeleke's win signals another term in office after a closely contested election, solidifying the trend from earlier declared results in various local government areas where he maintained a lead over his APC rival.
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