Oyetola Declared Winner Of Osun APC Primary

Oyetola Declared Winner Of Osun APC Primary

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on Saturday.

He polled 222,169 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti who got 12,921, while Lasun Yusuf, got 460 votes to come third.

Announcing the result very early on Sunday, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas in the state.

He said a total of 408,697 voters registered in the primary election of the party, while 247, 207 voters were accredited to vote. The total vote cast and valid votes were 235,550.

In Aregbesola’s Ifofin Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government, Adeoti got 146 votes while Oyetola polled 309 votes. Lasun Yusuf also lost in his Ward 5, Ilobu getting 10 votes, as Oyetola polled 323 while Adeoti got 62 votes.

Also, in his Iragbaji Ward 1, Saint Peters Primary School, Iragbiji, Oyetola got 1,612 votes, while Adeoti and Yusuf got no vote.

However, the Aregbesola led faction of the ruling party has rejected the result for reasons of irregularities.

The Minister’s Media Aide, Sola Fasure who listed the irregularities concluded that the faction will seek legal redress.