Kingsley Obi

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun State governorship election.

Adeleke beat Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives Congress with 402,979 votes to 375,077 votes. 

Adeleke won in 17 local government areas including Olorunda, Ede South, Orolu, Osogbo, Odo Otin, Ifelodun, Atakumosa, and Ila, 

The pioneer National Chairman of the ruling APC, Bisi Akande is from Ila LGA.

Meanwhile, Governor Oyetola won in 13 local government areas including Iwo, Ayedaade, Ife South and Ife East. 

The 2022 Osun governorship election took place in all the 30 local government areas of the state with 3,763 polling units and 332 registration areas.

The other 15 political parties’ candidates in the election include: Mr Oyegoke Omigbodun, Social Democratic Party (SDP); Dr Akin Ogunbiyi (Accord); Mr Yusuf Lasun (Labour Party); Munirudeen Atanda (Action Democratic Party).

Accord Party came third with 4,508 votes, followed by Labour Party with 2,729 votes, African Action Congress with 2,141 votes and Social Democratic Party with 515 votes. 

In 2018, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Oyetola as winner, having polled 255,505 votes against Adeleke, who had 255,023 votes at the end of a supplementary election, which held in seven polling units across four local governments amidst allegations of harassment and other forms of malpractice.

BREAKDOWN

1. Boluwaduro LGA

Total Registered: 24329

Accredited :12007

APC: 5649

PDP: 5860

LP: 09

SDP: 03

Accord: 37

AAC: 29

Total Valid: 11795

Total Invalid: 212

Total Vote cast: 12007

2. Ilesha East LGA

Total Registered: 73440

Accredited: 26179

APC: 13452

PDP: 10969

LP: 33

SDP: 32

Accord: 91

AAC: 124

Total Valid: 25342

Total Invalid: 804

Total Vote cast: 26146

3. Osogbo LGA

Total Registered: 142459

Accredited: 56020

APC: 22952

PDP: 30401

LP: 79

SDP: 62

Accord: 395

AAC: 130

Total Valid: 54997

Total Invalid: 945

Total Vote cast: 55942

4. Ila LGA

Total Registered: 46623

Accredited: 24947

APC: 11163

PDP: 13036

LP: 06

SDP: 09

Accord: 34

AAC: 30

Total Valid: 24572

Total Invalid: 334

Total Vote cast: 24906

5. Atakumosa West LGA

Total Registered: 36470

Accredited: 15171

APC: 6601

PDP: 7750

LP: 13

SDP: 11

Accord: 75

AAC: 35

Total Valid: 14794

Total Invalid: 353

Total Votes Cast: 15147

Infraction at RA 7, PO’s head smashed, polling unit with 292 voters invaded and cancelled.

6. Ifelodun LGA

Total Registered: 80021

Accredited: 34860

APC: 16068

PDP: 17107

LP: 18

SDP: 12

Accord: 65

AAC: 93

Total Valid: 34036

Total Invalid: 792

Total Votes Cast: 34828

Assertion: In Adedi/Igbo Ole, number of votes cast was higher than accredited number of voters by BVAS, so the polling unit with 829 voters was cancelled. Accredited number was 339 and vote cast was 353.

7. Ilesa West LGA

Total Registered: 71001

Accredited: 26364

APC: 10777

PDP: 13769

LP: 40

SDP: 21

Accord: 106

AAC: 77

Total Valid: 25403

Total Invalid: 881

Total Vote cast: 26284

8. Ayedire LGA (Ile Ogbo)

Total Registered: 37092

Accredited: 17284

APC: 7868

PDP: 7402

LP: 07

SDP: 04

Accord: 1510

AAC: 33

Total Valid: 17014

Total Invalid: 253

Total Vote cast: 17267

9. Odo Otin LGA

Total Registered: 66866

Accredited: 28864

APC: 13482

PDP: 14003

LP: 19

SDP: 12

Accord: 170

AAC: 50

Total Valid: 28185

Total Invalid: 422

Total Vote cast: 28607

RA 06, PU 2. Hoodlums attacked the Polling unit, went away with the ballot box but was recovered by the Police.

227 out of 828 accredited before the attack.

10. Boripe LGA

Total Registered: 69538

Accredited: 30563

APC: 21205

PDP: 7595

LP: 04

SDP: 09

Accord: 91

AAC: 82

Total Valid: 29510

Total Invalid: 598

Total Vote cast: 30108

11. Obokun LGA

Total Registered: 53267

Accredited: 24447

APC: 9727

PDP: 13175

LP: 11

SDP: 04

Accord: 26

AAC: 71

Total Valid: 23813

Total Invalid: 586

Total Vote cast: 24399

12. Orolu LGA

Total Registered: 39653

Accredited: 21182

APC: 9928

PDP: 10282

LP: 32

SDP: 09

Accord: 69

AAC: 55

Total Valid: 20065

Total Invalid: 413

Total Vote cast: 21178

13. Olorunda LGA

Total Registered: 104700

Accredited: 42009

APC: 18709

PDP: 21358

LP: 63

SDP: 46

Accord: 208

AAC: 95

Total Valid: 41187

Total Invalid: 737

Total Vote cast: 41924

14. Ife North LGA

Total Registered: 58672

Accredited: 21774

APC: 9964

PDP: 10359

LP: 34

SDP: 09

Accord: 74

AAC: 70

Total Valid: 21050

Total Invalid: 650

Total Vote cast: 21700

15. Ifedayo LGA

Total Registered: 19598

Accredited: 10300

APC: 5016

PDP: 4730

LP: 01

SDP: 00

Accord: 55

AAC: 02

Total Valid: 9912

Total Invalid: 124

Total Vote cast: 10036

One of the RAs had overvoting, there was no agreement by the agents on the one vote difference, so zero votes was recorded. The PU had 419 registered voters, 240 accredited but 241 voted.

16. Ife Central LGA

Total Registered: 113232

Accredited: 33413

APC: 17880

PDP: 13532

LP: 134

SDP: 50

Accord: 202

AAC: 145

Total Valid: 32544

Total Invalid: 865

Total Vote cast: 33409

17. Irepodun LGA

Total Registered: 57712

Accredited: 29913

APC: 12122

PDP: 14369

LP: 1886

SDP: 06

Accord: 63

AAC: 48

Total Valid: 29032

Total Invalid: 544

Total Vote cast: 29576

Two PUs were cancelled for overvoting.

Ward Ologidi PU05 with 704 voters cancelled for overvoting. 298 were accredited, 301 voted.

Ward Ologubi had 1125 voters, 398 Accredited and 400 votes counted.

18. Oriade LGA

Total Registered: 69651

Accredited: 31798

APC: 14189

PDP: 15947

LP: 24

SDP: 21

Accord: 60

AAC: 66

Total Valid: 30941

Total Invalid: 806

Total Vote cast: 31740

19. Ayedaade LGA

Total Registered: 67651

Accredited: 29696

APC: 14527

PDP: 13380

LP: 20

SDP: 10

Accord: 229

AAC: 98

Total Valid: 28988

Total Invalid: 692

Total Vote Cast: 29680

20. Olaoluwa LGA

Total Registered: 37149

Accredited: 17214

APC: 9123

PDP: 7205

LP: 12

SDP: 14

Accord: 35

AAC: 31

Total Valid: 16737

Total Invalid: 455

Total Vote Cast: 17192

21. Iwo LGA

Total Registered: 90051

Accredited: 36591

APC: 17421

PDP: 16914

LP: 32

SDP: 20

Accord: 214

AAC: 84

Total Valid: 35634

Total Invalid: 897

Total Vote cast: 36531

22. Ede South LGA

Total Registered: 54872

Accredited: 26306

APC: 5704

PDP: 19438

LP: 16

SDP: 11

Accord: 38

AAC: 43

Total Valid: 25691

Total Invalid: 546

Total Vote cast: 26237

23. Isokan LGA

Total Registered: 53288

Accredited: 23051

APC: 10833

PDP: 10777

LP: 17

SDP: 08

Accord: 23

AAC: 85

Total Valid: 22353

Total Invalid: 634

Total Vote cast: 22987

24. Ejigbo LGA

Total Registered: 73750

Accredited: 34380

APC: 14355

PDP: 18065

LP: 30

SDP: 17

Accord: 60

AAC: 60

Total Valid: 33329

Total Invalid: 966

Total Vote cast: 34295

25. Ede North LGA

Total Registered: 71748

Accredited: 34735

APC: 9603

PDP: 23931

LP: 15

SDP: 14

Accord: 61

AAC: 35

Total Valid: 34113

Total Invalid: 571

Total Vote cast: 34684

26. Egbedore LGA

Total Registered: 53150

Accredited: 24283

APC: 9228

PDP: 13230

LP: 41

SDP: 22

Accord: 105

AAC: 52

Total Valid: 23072

Total Invalid: 377

Total Vote cast: 23449

Cancellations in Two units due to overvoting.

RA Ikotun, PU 001. 823 Registered, accredited 399, valid votes 400, rejected votes 2, Total 402

Also, 002, Registered 441, Accredited 191, Valid votes 192, rejected votes 0, Total 192.

27. Irewole LGA (Reconciled)

Total Registered: 74268

Accredited: 34430

APC: 18198

PDP: 14216

LP: 17

SDP: 11

Accord: 31

AAC: 84

Total Valid: 33315

Total Invalid: 824

Total Vote cast: 34139

Agent of the PDP said there was security breach in Irewole. Local government collation agent of the PDP was shot and currently in the hospital and absent from the collation. Agent said he was surprised the Collation officer didn’t mention it.

28. Atakumosa East LGA

Total Registered: 41027

Accredited: 15497

APC: 7449

PDP: 6992

LP: 23

SDP: 14

Accord: 40

AAC: 46

Total Valid: 14875

Total Invalid: 319

Total Vote cast: 15194

29. Ife South LGA

Total Registered: 56706

Accredited: 22927

APC: 12481

PDP: 9116

LP: 28

SDP: 14

Accord: 36

AAC: 93

Total Valid: 22326

Total Invalid: 588

Total Vote cast: 22914

PDP Collation officer said, 5 of the RAs, including Olode, Kere and Usi wards, PDP agents were chased away from the collation centres by Armed thugs. He said the signatures of the agents are not on the result sheets but was not recorded by INEC.

APC said there was malfunction of machines in the some wards.

INEC officer said no cancellation was done.

30. Ife East LGA

Total Registered: 114403

Accredited: 41006

APC: 19353

PDP: 18071

LP: 65

SDP: 40

Accord: 305

AAC: 195

Total Valid: 39125

Total Invalid: 1486

Total Vote cast: 40611

Okedewe 3, PU 3, Omisore/Ogbon Oye had issues of overvoting. 932 Registered, 321 accredited and total votes is 338.

Modakeke Unit, PU 021, did not use BIVAS and agents agreed all.parties should be scored zero. 

Credit: Atlantic Reporters