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OSUN DECIDES: Full results of governorship election
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) early on Sunday declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the July 16 governorship election in Osun State. R eturning officer for the election, who is the Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe said Adeleke polled a total of votes of 403,371 to…
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Osun Decides: Oyetola claims massive victory in home LGA Boripe
…PDP leads in eight local govts, APC claims three Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has claimed a massive victory in his Local Government Area of Boripe in Saturday’s governorship election. In the result released, Oyetola’s All Progressives Congress polled 21,205 votes to claim victory in the LGA ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party with 7,595 votes. The APC also won…
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PDP wins 7 LGAs, APC claims one so far
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won seven Local Government Areas out of the results in seven LGAs released in the Osun State governorship election. WesternPost had earlier reported that PDP claimed victory in Ila, the LGA of former Governor of the state Bisi Akande. With new results in, PDP have also claimed victory in Orolu, Iléṣà West, Ifelodun, Atakunmosa,…
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PDP wins Ila, Bisi Akande’s LGA
Peoples Democratic Party won Ila Local Government Area, where former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande hails from in Saturday’s governorship election in the state. PDP candidate Ademola Adeleke polled a total of 13,036 votes to defeat the incumbent and All Progressives Congress candidate, Adegboyega Oyetola who had 11,163 votes. Ila was one of the LGAs won by Oyetola in…
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OSUN DECIDES: Oyetola wins Aregbesola’s polling unit
All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in Unit 1, Ward 8, Ilesa, Ilesa East Local Government of Osun State in the ongoing governorship election. Unit 1, Ward 8, Ilesa, is the polling unit of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. APC polled 164 to defeat the PDP which scored 134.
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OSUN DECIDES: Large turnout as voting holds across polling units
…voters, observers hail exercise By Tosin OluwalowoVoters trooped out in their large numbers to elect the next governor of Osun State on Saturday.Our correspondent who moved round Osogbo, the state capital, witnessed a large number of voters at polling units visited.WesternPost gathered that the election was hitch free, as voters exercised their civic duties unhindered.In many of the polling units…
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OSUN DECIDES: LP candidate, Yusuf still in race
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Adebayo Bello has dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the governorship candidate of the party, Hon. Lassun Yusuf has collapsed his structure to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). When contacted, Bello described the story as fake. He said LP cannot and will not collapse its structure for…
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OSUN DECIDES: APP candidate, Adebayo accuses PDP of compromising party agents
By Deborah Oladejo Osogbo Governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party (APP), Adeolu Adebayo has directed security personnel not to allow anyone carrying the party’s agent tags at polling units across the state. Speaking in Osogbo on Saturday morning, Adebayo alleged that his party’s agents across the state have been compromised and hijacked by one of the major political parties in the…
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OSUN DECIDES: So far so good, says Accord Party candidate Ogunbiyi
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Governorship candidate of Accord Party in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has described the ongoing election as impressive so far. Ogunbiyi who voted at Ward5, unit 3, Methodist Pry. Sch, Ile-Ogbo, alongside his wife, Adedotun said the turnout has been massive and impressive. He said: “The report I heard across the state shows that the election has…
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OSUN DECIDES: Vote buying: EFCC officials storm polling units
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed polling units as the Osun State governorship election takes place today. WesternPost gathered that the EFCC officials are stationed at polling units across the state to guide against vote buying. EFCC officials were seen by our correspondent in buses and vans in Osogbo, stationing operatives in twos per polling unit. …
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