{
  "id": 1230126,
  "title": "#OsunDecides2026: Meet the FUOYE professor who declared Adeleke winner of gov poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/osundecides2026-meet-the-fuoye-professor-who-declared-adeleke-winner-1230126",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T08:12:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-meet-the-fuoye-professor-who-declared-adeleke-winner-of-gov-poll/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, declared Ademola Adeleke the winner of the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial election on Sunday. The announcement was made at the state collation center around 7:24am. Adeleke, representing the Accord Party, received 511,067 votes, while his closest competitor, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, garnered 444,815 votes. The returning officer officially declared Adeleke as the elected governor after presenting and signing the results by political parties' agents. Ogunwole, a professor hailing from Ibadan, Oyo State, was born on July 23, 1967. He is known for his expertise in soil science, environmental management, and sustainable agriculture. Before taking on the role of Vice-Chancellor at FUOYE, Ogunwole served as the university's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, overseeing Strategic Partnerships, Research, Innovation, and Linkages. He had previously been the Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University from 2018 to 2023. Ogunwole has extensive international academic experiences, including Fulbright Scholarship at Pennsylvania State University, TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship in India, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at the University of Hannover, Germany.",
  "summary": "Discover Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, the FUOYE Vice-Chancellor who declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the OsunDecides2026 governorship election. Le Read More: https://punchng.com/osundecides2026-meet-the-fuoye-professor-who-declared-adeleke-winner-of-gov-poll/",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "UPDATED: #OsunDecides2026: INEC declares Accord’s Ademola Adeleke winner of governorship election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/updated-osundecides2026-inec-declares-accords-ademola-adeleke-winner",
        "published": "2026-08-16T06:55:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "#OsunDecides2026: Meet the FUOYE professor who declared Adeleke winner of gov poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/osundecides2026-meet-the-fuoye-professor-who-declared-adeleke-winner",
        "published": "2026-08-16T07:52:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Osun decides: ‘Victory for democracy’ – Adeleke reacts as INEC declares him winner",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/osun-decides-victory-for-democracy-adeleke-reacts-as-inec-declares",
        "published": "2026-08-16T09:03:56.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}