The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun announcing results from the Osun State governorship election, with incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord party competing against All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Oyebamiji and African Democratic Congress candidate Najeem Salam across 30 local government areas.
Fifteen candidates contested Saturday’s election. Professor Joshua Ogunwale, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, served as INEC returning electoral officer for the exercise, overseeing collation officers stationed across all local government areas in the state.
In Aiyedaade LGA, Accord recorded 16,681 votes against APC’s 15,719 and ADC’s 331. Registered voters stood at 77,649, accredited voters at 34,232, and votes cast at 33,801. INEC cancelled results in two polling units due to over-voting.
Aiyedire LGA returned Accord with 11,073 votes and APC with 9,910, against ADC’s 148. Registered voters totaled 45,502, with 21,419 accredited. Collation officer Dr. Samuel Sunday presided over the announcement for that local government area.
In Atakunmosa East, APC led with 9,936 votes against Accord’s 7,872 and ADC’s 333. INEC cancelled results in two polling units in Ward 04 following violence at Community Primary School and LA Primary School polling units in that local government area.
Atakunmosa West also returned APC with 10,037 votes against Accord’s 7,479 and ADC’s 213. Collation officer Adeniji Adewole confirmed the result after inter-party violence rendered ballot papers unusable, with a cancelled polling unit in Okebode recording 704 registered voters.
Boripe LGA produced one of APC’s strongest single-LGA performances, with the party recording 19,963 votes against Accord’s 12,448 and ADC’s 379. Registered voters in Boripe totalled 81,067. Professor Ahmed Olaide presided as collation officer for that local government.
Ede North delivered a strong result for Accord, with 35,427 votes compared to APC’s 10,283. Collation officer Professor Jacob Opele confirmed 47,205 votes cast against 96,644 registered voters and 47,262 accredited, making Ede North one of the highest-turnout areas announced. The result represented one of the largest margins of victory for any party across all local government areas declared.
Ede South continued Accord’s performance in that corridor, posting 26,188 votes against APC’s 6,219 and ADC’s 390. Registered voters stood at 67,729, with 34,011 accredited. Collation officer Raji Oluwakemi presided over the announcement for Ede South.
In Osogbo LGA, the state capital, Accord led with 36,480 votes against APC’s 30,474 and ADC’s 1,503. Collation officer Dr. Udoh disclosed registered voters at 167,704, accredited voters at 70,840, valid votes at 69,307, and rejected votes at 1,478. Osogbo recorded the highest number of registered voters among all local government areas whose results had been announced.
Irewole LGA recorded APC’s highest single-LGA vote total across all announced results, with the party posting 29,972 votes against Accord’s 10,934 and ADC’s 275. Registered voters stood at 96,528, accredited voters at 42,858, and rejected votes at 1,249.
Iwo LGA returned Accord with 27,085 votes and APC with 19,660, against ADC’s 588 votes. INEC cancelled one polling unit in Ward 14, Oke Oba, due to violence and requested a rerun for that unit. Collation officer Mrs. Oyeyimika Boyejo confirmed the figures.
Orolu LGA recorded multiple cancellations. INEC cancelled polling units in Ward 04 for over-voting, a unit in Ward 03 Olufon for the same reason, and a Ward 05 Olufon unit after a ballot box was snatched and returned one hour later, with party agents demanding cancellation.
Ife East LGA returned Accord with 27,201 votes and APC with 18,600, against ADC’s 935. Collation officer Professor Benjamin Omolayo noted that no party agent signed the results sheet for Ife East, flagging a procedural concern formally in the collation record.
Collation of Osun governorship election results across the remaining local government areas continued Sunday, with INEC officials working through areas where incident reports required additional documentation before final figures could be confirmed and formally entered into the official record.
