Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola
By Our Reporter
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on Saturday.
The Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, while announcing the results, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against 12,921 votes that his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti got. He also said another of Oyetola’s challenger, Lasun Yusuf, got 460 votes and placed third.
He said a total of 408,697 voters registered in the primary election of the party, while 247, 207 voters were accredited to vote. The total vote cast and valid votes were 235,550.
Abdulrazaq said Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas in the state.
In his remarks, Osun APC chairman, Gboyega Famoodun, commended the diligence of the committee, security agencies and others that worked for the success of the exercise.
Former Osun State governor and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said that his group will challenge the out com of the election in court. Aregbesola was absent at his Ifofin Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government for the exercise on Saturday.
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