Osun decides: Adeleke extends lead over Oyebamiji to 78,227 votes

Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has opened a commanding pb implicit his All Progressives Congress, APC, rival, Bola Oyebamiji, pursuing the announcement of results from 20 section authorities areas successful the Osun State governorship election.

The results, announced astatine the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, collation centre successful Osogbo, showed Adeleke with 365,922 votes, portion Oyebamiji polled 287,695 votes.

The figures gave the incumbent politician an vantage of 78,227 votes, with results from 10 of the state’s 30 section authorities areas yet to beryllium announced.

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate, Najeem Salaam, occupies 3rd presumption with 9,124 votes crossed the 20 LGAs.

Adeleke’s pb has been boosted by beardown performances successful respective areas, peculiarly Ede North, Ede South and Osogbo.

In Ede North, Adeleke secured 35,427 votes, comfortably up of Oyebamiji’s 10,283, representing a borderline of 25,144 votes.

The politician besides recorded a decisive triumph successful Ed...