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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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OSUN DECIDES:
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke casting his vote at ward 2 unit 9, Abogunde Saga, Ede South Local Government around 8: 55am.
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PHOTO NEWS: Atiku, Ayu, Okowa, Davido rally for Adeleke, Osun PDP guber candidate
Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party including its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, vice presidential candidate and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, singer David Adeleke (Davido) and other party chieftains were in Osogbo on Thursday in a mega rally in support of the party’s governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
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