BREAKING: PDP’s Adeleke wins Osun guber election, defeats incumbent Gov Oyetola

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Senator Ademola Adeleke has been declared the victor of the Osun State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the incumbent and APC flagbearer, was knocked to the ground by Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP’s candidate (APC).
Adeleke received 403,371 votes in the final results released by the election’s returning officer, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, defeating Governor Oyetola of the APC, who received 375,027 votes and was his closest rival.

The process in the state’s 30 Local Government Areas was mainly calm, notwithstanding a few rare instances of vote-buying and violence.