Osun election: Adeleke maintains lead as 331 of 332 wards reported

Governor Ademola Adeleke is maintaining his lead in the Osun State governorship election, with results from nearly all wards reported. As of the latest update, results from 331 out of 332 wards have been collated, with 93.47% of polling unit results captured on the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IReV).

Adeleke, the incumbent governor and candidate for the Accord Party, has garnered 461,876 votes, representing 49.7% of the valid votes. His main opponent, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), trails with 404,713 votes, or 43.6%. This places Adeleke ahead by a margin of 57,163 votes.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Najeem Salaam, is in third place with 15,685 votes, followed by Olanrewaju Farinloye of the Action Alliance (AA) with 4,889 votes. The current figures suggest a close contest between Adeleke and Oyebamiji, with the incumbent holding the advantage as the collation nears its end.

Overall, approximately 928,500 valid votes and 20,200 rejected votes have been recorded from about 954,900 accredited voters. The reported voter turnout is around 44% of registered voters. However, these figures remain provisional, and the final result will only be official after INEC completes the declaration process.

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Adeleke is therefore ahead of Oyebamiji by 57,163 votes, based on the results currently reflected on the IReV results dashboard checked by Vanguard.