Results from the portal of theIndependent National ElectoralCommission have shown that thegovernorship candidate of thePeoples Democratic Party, SenatorAdemola Adeleke, is leading in theongoing Osun governorship election.
The results showed that PDP isleading with over 10,000 votes.
The portal also showed that over 87 per cent of the results have beenuploaded.
Among the Local Governments who’s results have been fully uploaded are llesa East, fedayo, Boluwaduro, Odo Otin, Osogbo, Irepodun, Ayedade, lwo, Olorunda, Orolu, Boripe and Obokun.
The PDP candidate maintained a lead in seven LGAs while Oyetola is leading in four LGAs.
As of 08.45 pm, a compilation of the results showed that PDP had over 94,803 votes and PDP obtained over 81,697 votes.
In a video that surfaced online,Adeleke and award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, were also seen celebrating the opposition party’s early lead.
In the video obtained by ourcorrespondent on Saturday, Adeleke and Davido hugged.
“We did it this time,” Adeleke said,with Davido replying, “yes”.
Also, wild jubilation has engulfedPDP’s situation room.
In Olorunda LGA, Adeleke polled 21,350 votes while Oyetola secured18,709 votes.
In Ede South, Adeleke got 19,438votes while the governor scored 5704.
Adeleke obtained 10,282 votes while Oyetola secured 9,928 votes in Orolu LGA.
The PDP candidate also won inOsogbo. He scored 30,401 votes todefeat Oyetola who secured 22,952votes.
Adeleke got 14,003 votes whileOyetola picked up 13,482 in Odo Otin LGA.
Oyetola placed second with 16,068votes in Ifelodun LGA, where Adeleke picked up 17,107 votes.
PDP won Irepodun LGA with 14,369votes while the APC got 12,122.
The Osun governor won in lwo LGAwith 17, 421 votes compared to the16,914 secured by Adeleke.
With 14,527 votes, Oyetola also beat Adeleke who had 13,380 votes in Ayedade LGA.
Oyetola also won in Boripe LGA. Hescored 21,205 votes to defeat the PDP candidate who had 7595.
Adeleke lost Isokan LGA to Oyetola by a slim margin. PDP had 10,777 votes while APC scored 10,833 votes.
Meanwhile, the caretaker chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle, in a statement issued at Osogbo on Saturday evening, claimed the party has secured a majority, as well as more than two third spreadacross the 30 local governments and area offices.
While thanking the people of OsunState for endorsing and affirmingAdemola Adeleke’s governorship bid, the party “sternly warns against any attempt to tamper with the result of the election”.
“We want to assert that AdemolaAdeleke has won this electionoverwhelmingly going by results atour disposal. We warn against anyplot by some agents of chaos todoctor the results.
We specifically call on the Electoralcommission to watch fifth columnists within its fold who may have been contracted for the hatchet job. Osun people have decided and their votesmust be respected,” the statementadded.
Though 15 political partiesparticipated in the election, the topcontenders are the candidate of APC, Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the candidate of the PDP, Ademola Adeleke.
This is the second time the twocandidates would be meeting.Both Oyetola and Adeleke contested for the Osun governorship seat in 2018, which Oyetola won after a rerun.
After the rerun election which tookplace in seven units, Oyetola wonseven, while Adeleke won one.
At the end of the rerun, Oyetolapolled 255,505 votes while the PDPcandidate scored a total of 255,023Votes.
Although Adeleke had led Oyetolawith 353 votes at the end of the first round of ballots, but after the rerun, Oyetola won with 482 votes.
According to reports, 15political parties participated in theelection with 1,955,657 registeredvoters.
The Independent National ElectoralCommission had also said theelection would take place in 332registration areas across the 30 local government areas of the state.
Source: Punch