Osun Decides: Senator Ademola Adeleke Declared Winner of Osun Poll

Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke has been declared the winner of the Osun State governorship election.

Adeleke emerged the winner of the election with 403,371 votes.

Announcing the winner on Sunday morning, the returning officer for the Osun governorship election, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe announced that Ademola polled 403,371 votes.

He polled the highest vote to win his major contender, Governor Gboyega Oyetola who pulled 375,027 and Action Democratic Party (ADP) Kehinde Atanda as the second runner-up.

Adeleke won 17 local governments while Governor Oyetola from the ruling party won 13 local governments.