BREAKING: Adeleke declared winner of Osun election

16 August 2026 7:57 am WAT

By Lateef Dada

Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party has been declared winner of the Osun State governorship election, having polled 511,067 votes.

He was declared winner on Sunday morning by the returning officer, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole.

Bola Oyebamiji of the APC polled 444,815 to come second, while Hon. Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) got 17,180 votes.

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