Osun State Governor and Accord Party governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has taken an early lead in the state’s governorship election as results from some polling units begin to emerge.
Out of the three polling-unit results available at the time of filing this report, Adeleke secured victories in two, while his major challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the third.
Adeleke won Polling Unit 39 and Polling Unit 13, both in Ward 4, Osogbo Local Government Area, while Oyebamiji emerged ahead at Polling Unit 003 in Alagba, also in Osogbo.
At Polling Unit 39, Ward 4, where the results were declared by the Presiding Officer, Oyeranmi Deborah, the Accord Party polled 65 votes to defeat the APC, which recorded 43 votes.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured two votes, while the Action Alliance (AA), African Action Congress (AAC) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) recorded one vote each.
At Polling Unit 13, Ward 4, the Accord Party also won with 134 votes, while the APC polled 75 votes.
The ADC received four votes, while the ADP, AAC and APGA each recorded one vote.
However, at Polling Unit 003, Alagba, Oyebamiji secured a decisive victory, polling 177 votes against Adeleke’s 60 votes.
The ADC candidate, Najeem Salaam, received three votes, while the candidates of the Action Alliance (AA), Young Progressives Party (YPP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) scored one vote each.
The emerging results represent only a fraction of the polling units across the state, and collation is still ongoing in other areas.
The final outcome will be determined after results from all polling units are collated and declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
