Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. Credit: Osun State Government
Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party is leading in the collation of results from Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
Checks by our correspondent on the Nigeria Elections Intelligence System shows result from 303 of the state’s 332 wards with Adeleke polling 177,572 votes, representing 50.5 per cent, ahead of his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who had 158,588 votes, representing 45.1 per cent.
Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress was placed third with 5,917 votes as at the time of filing this report, with collation still ongoing across the state’s 30 local government areas.
Figures from the collation showed that out of 845,100 registered voters in the state, 361,500 were accredited, translating to a voter turnout of 42.8 per cent. A total of 351,500 valid votes were recorded, while 7,200 ballots were rejected. Related News #OsunDecides2026: Resident alleges error in votes record #OsunDecides2026: Shame APC, we are winning Osun no be Edo – Davido #OsunDecides2026: Jubilation as Adeleke wins polling unit with 421 votes
