Aregbesola of APC Wins Osun Governorship Election

Osun state governor and the candidate of the
All Progressives Congress APC has been
declared winner of Saturday’s governorship
election.
The Returning Officer, Professor Bamitale
Idowu Omole, who made the pronouncement
at the INEC collation centre along Abere road,
said “I hereby declare Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,
having satisfied the provision of the Electoral
Act, is hereby declared the winner of the Osun
state governorship election.”
The APC candidate won elections in 22 out of
the 30 local government areas of the state
scored a total of 394684 to beat his main rival
and candidate of the People’s Democratic
Party, ODP, Senator Iyiola Omisore.
Omisore, who won in eight local government
areas, scored 292747 votes.
A breakdown of the final results shows that
Sen Sunday Fajimi of the Alliance for
Democracy scored 1982; Aregbesola of the. APC
scored -394684, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade of the
Labour Party scored 8898, Senator Iyiola
Omisore of the PDP scored 292747, while the
candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Elder
Sunday Akinwusi scored 534.