Davido celebrates uncle Adeleke's Osun governorship victory

Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Davido jubilantly celebrated his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke's, re-election victory in the Osun State governorship race. Davido took to his X account to share his excitement, posting "We did it Unc" alongside a video of his aide congratulating him.

Adeleke, running on the Accord Party ticket, secured a second term in office by winning 19 of the state's 30 local government areas. He garnered 511,067 votes, surpassing his main rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who received 444,815 votes. The incumbent governor's wins were spread across various local governments, including Ede North, Ede South, Ife North, and Osogbo.

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We did it Unc

The State Returning Officer, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, declared Adeleke the winner early Sunday morning, confirming he had met the legal requirements for re-election. The election saw 1,010,684 accredited voters, with a total of 985,079 valid votes cast and 20,721 rejected votes. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, finished third in the polls.

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That Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the August 15 governorship election and returned elected