#OsunDecides2026: Kwankwaso congratulates Adeleke on Osun election victory

Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former Kano State Governor, has congratulated Ademola Adeleke on his victory in the Osun State governorship election. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, Kwankwaso described Adeleke as a friend and commended him for securing re-election on the platform of the Accord Party.

Adeleke won the election with 511,067 votes, defeating his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 444,815 votes, as reported by Punch Nigeria and Daily Post Nigeria. The incumbent governor won in 19 of the state's 30 local government areas, with Oyebamiji taking the remaining 11, the Daily Post Nigeria stated.

Kwankwaso praised the people of Osun State for participating in the election and exercising their constitutional right to choose their leaders, as per the Daily Post Nigeria. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for an investigation into reported cases of vote-buying and other electoral offences in connection with the election, but this was not mentioned by Kwankwaso.

Brief written by urgent.news from Punch, Daily Post Nigeria, Ripples Nigeria, Punch Nigeria, Premium Times — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.