Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election held on Saturday, polling 222,169 votes. He polled 222,169 votes to defeat ex-Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Moshood Adeoti and former Deputy House of Representatives Speaker Lasun Yusuf. His winning guarantees him to seek a second term in office. Adeoti, who is backed by former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola scored 12,921 votes to emerge runner-up while Lasun garnered 460 votes.
Chairman Osun APC Primary Electoral Committee, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq announced the result at the end of the exercise.
Oyetola got 15,034 vote at his Boripe Local Government Area (LGA) against Lasun who scored nil and Adeoti with five votes.
At Iwo LGA where Adeoti hails from, Oyetola garnered 9,432, Lasun polled 1 and Adeoti got 2,543.
Aregbesola, who was absent at his ward, also lost his Ilesha East Local Government Area to Oyetola.
The anointed aspirant of the Minister Adeoti got 483 votes in the council.
Lasun lost his Local Government Area, Irepodun to Oyetola. He got 214 votes against 7,928 of Oyetola while Adeoti polled 732.
After the Returning officers from all the LGAs declared the results, accepted by the committee, Oyetola was declared the winner of the election.
