Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared the winner of the August 15 governorship election in the state, securing 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The State Returning Officer for the election, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Professor Joshua Ogunwole, announced the final result at about 7:24 a.m. on Sunday.
Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, won in 19 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state, while Oyebamiji secured victory in 11 LGAs.
According to the results announced by INEC, Oyebamiji polled 444,815 votes, while the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Najeem Salaam, came third with 17,180 votes.
Adeleke recorded victories in Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, Iwo, Egbedore, Ife North, Ife East, Ife Central, Oriade, Ifelodun, Orolu, Ayedaade, Ayedire, Odo Otin, Boluwaduro, Ilesa West, Ifedayo and Osogbo, among other local government areas.
Declaring the final results, Professor Ogunwole said a total of 1,010,684 voters were accredited for the election.
He announced that the total valid votes stood at 985,079, while 20,721 votes were rejected, bringing the total votes cast to 1,005,800.
Other results announced included AAC with 1,458 votes, ADC with 17,180, ADP with 2,946, APGA with 1,475, APM with 234, APP with 114, BP with 111, NNPP with 118, PRP with 83, SDP with 155, YPP with 534 and ZLP with 2,482 votes.
After the political parties’ agents signed the results, the Returning Officer formally declared Adeleke the winner of the election.
“That Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the August 15 Governorship election and returned elected,” Ogunwole declared.
The declaration means Adeleke will continue as governor of Osun State for another term, following his victory over the APC candidate in the closely contested election.
The outcome brings the 2026 Osun governorship contest to a close after voting was conducted across the state’s 30 local government areas on Saturday.
