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