#OSUNDECIDE INEC DECLARE AREGBESOLA WINNER

.Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress [APC] has won Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.

To emerge winner, Mr. Aregbesola polled a total of 203,090 votes, winning the highest number of votes in 22 of the 30 Local Government Areas of the state.

His closest challenger, Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] polled 120,433 votes to come second.
He won in eight local government areas.

The candidate of the Labour Party [LP], Fatai Akinbade, received a paltry 18,135 votes to come a distant third.

“Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scoring the highest numbers of votes, Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress is therefore returned elected,” the chief returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Bamidele Omole, said while announcing the result.

Breakdown of the figures declared is as follows:

Ilesha East – APC 16,116 PDP 5,913

Ilesha West – APC 15427 PDP 5,449

Atakumosa West – 6,128 PDP 5,142

Irepodun – APC 13,314 PDP 7,386

Ede South – APC 11,738 PDP 7,462

Boripe – APC 12,657 PDP 9,172

Atakumosa East – APC 9,134 PDP 6,293

Ede North – APC 15,403 PDP 10,427

Ifelodun – APC 17,447 PDP 12,476

Iwo – APC 21,093 PDP 15,435

Oriade – APC 12,523 PDP 10,214

Ejigbo – APC 9,942 PDP 4,422

Odo Otin - APC 11,950 PDP 12,902

Irewolede – APC 18,328 PDP 10,330

Ife Central – APC 9,680 PDP 24,555

Aiyedire – APC 7,834 PDP 7,828

Ila – APC 10,825 PDP 7,916

Obokun – APC 9,516 PDP 7,577

Olaoluwa – APC 7,927 PDP 4,913

Orolu – APC 8,558 PDP 6,786

Osogbo – APC 39,948 PDP 12,398

Ife East – APC 13,846 PDP 20,868

Aiyedade – APC 13,186 PDP 11,306

Ife North – APC 8,063 PDP 8,542

Ife South – APC 7,324 PDP 12,811

Egbedore – APC 10,617 PDP 7,022