#OsunDecides2026: Meet the FUOYE professor who declared Adeleke winner of gov poll

Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, declared Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election on Sunday, August 16. Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Oyebamiji, who received 444,815 votes.

Ogunwole, who is fondly called "Coach" by his students, colleagues, and mentees, is a soil scientist turned university administrator with a rich academic background. He holds a BSc in Agriculture, as well as MSc and PhD degrees in Soil Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Ogunwole has had extensive international research and academic engagements, including serving as a Fulbright Scholar at Pennsylvania State University in the United States, a TWAS Postdoctoral Fellow in India, and holding an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Hannover, Germany.

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