The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rauf Aregbesola, as winner of the governorship election held on Saturday in Osun State.
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, defeating his closest challenger, Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 120,433. Omisore won in eight local government areas.
Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Fatai Akinbade, got 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.
Full result of election by Local Government Areas below:
Ejigbo LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 50,674
No. of accredited voters: 33,752
APC: 17,700
PDP: 12,495
LP: 391
Total valid votes: 31,301
Rejected votes: 1,604
Total votes cast: 32,905
Ife South LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 44,555
No. of accredited voters: 23,033
APC: 7,325
PDP: 12,811
LP: 146
Total valid votes: 20,901
Rejected votes: 1,108
Total votes cast: 22,079
Atakumosa East LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 31,136
No. of accredited voters: 17,597
APC: 9,287
PDP: 6,294
LP: 120
Total valid votes: 16,395
Rejected votes: 974
Total votes cast: 17,369
“Election did not hold in one of the polling units because of some disagreements there,” the Collation Officer said.
Olorunda LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 71,981
No. of accredited voters: 38,301
APC: 26,551
PDP: 8,483
LP: 410
Total valid votes: 36,234
Rejected votes: 1,263
Total votes cast: 37,497
Osogbo LGA
Wards: 15
Reg voters: 118,535
No. of accredited voters: 56,741
APC: 39,983
PDP: 11,513
LP: 673
Total valid votes: 53,387
Rejected votes: 2,066
Total votes cast: 55,453
Iwo LGA
Reg voters: 66,898
No. of accredited voters: 41,229
APC: 20,827
PDP: 15,493
LP: 790
Total valid votes: 38,377
Rejected votes: 1,996
Total votes cast: 40,373
Ayedire LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 25,880
No. of accredited voters: 17,200
APC: 7,724
PDP: 7,813
LP: 423
Total valid votes: 16,268
Rejected votes: 799
Total votes cast: 17,067
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Egbedore LGA
Reg voters: 33,547
No. of accredited voters: 19,293
APC: 10,615
PDP: 7,024
LP: 157
Total valid votes: 18,144
Rejected votes: 819
Total votes cast: 18,963
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Obokun LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 37,985
No. of accredited voters: 22,063
APC: 11,696
PDP: 8,618
LP: 84
Total valid votes: 20,932
Rejected votes: 871
Total votes cast: 21,803
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Irewole LGA
Reg voters: 52,885
No. of accredited voters: 31,731
APC: 18,328
PDP: 10,330
LP: 117
Total valid votes: 29,850
Rejected votes: 1,131
Total votes cast: 30,981
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Ayedade LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 51,108
No. of accredited voters: 27,311
APC: 12,801
PDP: 11,255
LP: 137
Total valid votes: 25,428
Rejected votes: 1,441
Total votes cast: 26,869
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Ifelodun LGA
Wards: 12
Reg voters: 53,372
No. of accredited voters: 32,613
APC: 17,447
PDP: 12,442
LP: 96
Total valid votes: 33,113
Rejected votes: 1,141
Total votes cast: 31,972
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Ede North LGA
Wards:
Reg voters: 49,253
No. of accredited voters: 28,289
APC: 15,403
PDP: 10,427
LP: 54
Total valid votes: 26,591
Rejected votes: 1,288
Total votes cast: 27,879
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Isokan LGA
Wards:
Reg voters: 28,472
No. of accredited voters: 22,194
APC: 9,758
PDP: 10,028
LP: 197
Total valid votes: 20,860
Rejected votes: 1,028
Total votes cast: 21,888
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Ife North
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 45,457
No. of accredited voters: 21,175
APC: 8,603
PDP: 9,841
LP: 265
Total valid votes: 19,506
Rejected votes: 1,231
Total votes cast: 20,737
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Ola-Oluwa
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 25,550
No. of accredited voters: 16,495
APC: 7,927
PDP: 4,963
LP: 2,476
Total valid votes: 15,735
Rejected votes: 614
Total votes cast: 16,349
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Ife East LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 81,437
No. of accredited voters: 39,008
APC: 13,821
PDP: 20,831
LP: 297
Total valid votes: 36,142
Rejected votes: 1,836
Total votes cast: 37,978
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Ife Central
Wards:
Reg voters: 94,722
No. of accredited voters: 37,955
APC: 9,680
PDP: 24555
LP: 102
Total valid votes: 35,308
Rejected votes: 1,742
Total votes cast: 37,054
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Irepodun LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 36,521
No. of accredited voters: 22,426
APC: 13,314
PDP: 7,386
LP: 343
Total valid votes: 21,401
Rejected votes: 856
Total votes cast: 22,257
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Ila-Orangun
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 33,577
No. of accredited voters: 20,076
APC: 10,825
PDP: 7,916
LP: 43
Total valid votes: 19,150
Rejected votes: 727
Total votes cast: 19,877
“However, in Ward 1, 571 votes were cancelled for the following reasons: results of the election was not collated as there were some anomalies reported at that polling booth,” said the Collation Officer.
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Ede South
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 35,941
No. of accredited voters: 21,250
APC: 11,738
PDP: 7,462
LP: 46
Total valid votes: 19,933
Rejected votes: 933
Total votes cast: 20,866
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Atakumosa West LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 24,625
No. of accredited voters: 13,173
APC: 6,928
PDP: 5,142
LP: 76
Total valid votes: 12,575
Rejected votes: 446
Total votes cast: 13,021
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Oriade LGA
Wards: 12
Reg voters: 47,140
No. of accredited voters: 25,398
APC: 12,523
PDP: 10,214
LP: 136
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Orolu LGA
Reg voters: 24,914
No. of accredited voters: 16,882
APC: 8,558
PDP: 6,786
LP: 440
Total valid votes: 16,070
Rejected votes: 569
Total votes cast: 16,639
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Boripe LGA
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 47,100
No. of accredited voters: 24,497
APC: 12,723
PDP: 9,344
LP: 249
Total valid votes: 23,014
Rejected votes: 1,004
Total votes cast: 24,018
“However, we received a petition from APC complaining about over voting in Ward 11,” said the Collation Officer.
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Ilesa West
Wards:
Reg voters: 52,397
No. of accredited voters: 23,553
APC: 15,427
PDP: 5,449
LP: 32
Total valid votes: 21,641
Rejected votes: 1,128
Total votes cast: 22,769
Odo-Otin LGA
Wards: 15
Reg voters: 48,577
No. of accredited voters: 27,398
APC: 11,950
PDP: 12,902
LP: 518
Total valid votes: 25,946
Rejected votes: 1,146
Total votes cast: 27,092
Ilesa East
Wards: 11
Reg voters: 54,566
No. Of accredited voters: 24,718
APC: 16,106
PDP: 5,913
LP: 44
Total valid votes: 22,970
Rejected votes: 1,104
Total votes cast: 24,074
Boluwaduro LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 16,839
No. Of accredited voters: 10,603
APC: 4,891
PDP: 5,035
LP: 19
Total valid votes: 10,175
Rejected votes: 355
Total votes cast: 10,530
Ifedayo LGA
Wards: 10
Reg voters: 13,044
No. Of accredited voters: 8,627
APC: 4,225
PDP: 3,982
LP: 17
Total valid votes: : 8,405
Rejected votes: 165
Total votes cast: 8,570
Meanwhile, Omisore has petitioned INEC discrediting the election and arguing that APC flouted the Electoral Law during the exercise. The petition came before INEC announced the final result. Titled: Protest On The August 9, Gubernatorial Election’ Omisore argued that the candidate of the APC, Rauf Aregbesola flouted provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 by announcing results.
“I hereby condemn the APC candidate, Raufu Aregbesola declaring his own version of the results without recourse to INEC. With the facts of results, it is apparent that the PDP candidate, Dr. Iyiola Omisore is leading.”
“This act of APC is in conflict with the provisions of Electoral Law 2010 whereby a candidate can concoct figures and release to confuse the public thus make this election inconclusive until facts behind the figures are released by the INEC.
“The peace and stability of this state is such under an unprecedented threat. The results so far by APC remained cancelled.”