INEC DECLARES APC’S GBOYEGA OYETOLA WINNER OF OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, the winner of the Osun governorship election after the supplementary election held in seven polling units on Thursdsay.

Gboyega Oyetola,The APC Candidate had trailed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, by three hundred and fifty three votes going into the supplementary election.

His votes from Thursday were however enough to help him overturn the deficit and be returned as winner of the keenly contested governorship election.

The final votes announced by the electoral body shows that Gboyega Oyetola of the APC got Two hundred and fifty five thousand, five hundred and five votes, while Ademola  Adeleke of the PDP secured two hundred and fifity five thousand, twenty three votes.

Thus, the Returning Officer, Professor Joseph Fuwape, declared Gboyega  Oyetola winner of the election.