{
  "id": 1764708,
  "title": "Osun poll: Garba Shehu hails Amupitan’s humility, INEC’s transparency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/osun-poll-garba-shehu-hails-amupitans-humility-inecs-transparency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:08:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/osun-poll-garba-shehu-hails-amupitans-humility-inecs-transparency/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former President Muhammadu Buhari's former spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its transparent electoral process during the Osun State governorship election. Shehu also praised INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, for his humility and restraint following the positive feedback received by the commission's handling of the poll. The Osun governorship election, held on Saturday, saw incumbent governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party declared winner with 511,067 votes, defeating the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, with 404,107 votes. The results were declared on Sunday by the State Returning Officer, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti. Despite his initial reservations about Amupitan's appointment, Shehu now commends INEC's performance, noting that transparencies such as electronic transmission and uploading of results to INEC's Result Viewing Portal, IReV, have been praised by civil society organizations, the European Union, and local and international observers. Shehu expressed surprise at Amupitan's lack of public celebration of INEC's success, contrasting it with the tendency of some public officials to loudly proclaim their achievements.",
  "summary": "Garba Shehu praises INEC’s transparency and Chairman Amupitan’s humility following the Osun election, despite initial reservations about his appointment. Read More: https://punchng.com/osun-poll-garba-shehu-hails-amupitans-humility-inecs-transparency/",
  "key_points": [
    "Garba Shehu praises INEC for transparent electoral process in Osun governorship election.",
    "INEC chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, commended for humility and restraint.",
    "Shehu surprised by Amupitan's lack of public celebration of INEC's success."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}