…Adeleke polled 511,067 votes to defeat APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes.
ADC candidate Najeem Salaam finished third with 17,180 votes in the keenly contested election.
INEC declared Adeleke winner after results from all 30 local government areas were collated.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the 2026 governorship election after he defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress.
Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes, while Oyebamiji polled 444,815 votes.
The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came third with 17,180 votes.
The result followed the collation of results from all 30 local government areas of the state after Saturday’s closely fought election.
Based on the figures announced by INEC, Adeleke defeated Oyebamiji by a margin of 66,252 votes.
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The governor secured victories in several local government areas, including Ede North, Ede South, Osogbo, Ife East, Ife South, Egbedore, Oriade, Odo Otin, Ila, Orolu, Ife Central, Ife North, Ilesa West, Ifedayo, Boluwaduro, Iwo and Ifelodun.
Oyebamiji also recorded victories in several councils, including Irewole, Isokan, Atakumosa East, Obokun, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun, Atakumosa West, Ife South, Olaoluwa and Olorunda, according to the results provided.
A total of 15 political parties contested the election, while 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards were collected, according to information provided by the electoral commission.
Adeleke, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party after winning his first term in 2022 on the party’s platform, had campaigned on his administration’s record in infrastructure, pension payments, healthcare, the economy and digital transformation.
Speaking about his administration’s record before the election, Adeleke said, “Osun is no longer offline. Osun is awake—digitally and economically.”
He added, “We pay what is owed. We respect those who served. This is not politics. This is performance. This is leadership with results. Osun is rising—and we are not turning back.”
The governor had also raised concerns over alleged attempts to disrupt the election and promised to establish an independent commission of inquiry into reported killings and violence associated with the electioneering period.
With INEC’s declaration, Adeleke secures another mandate to govern Osun State after defeating Oyebamiji and the other candidates who contested the poll.
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