Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has received his Certificate of Return as Governor-elect of Osun State.
Adeleke’s certificate and that of the deputy governor-elect, Prince Kola Adewusi, were presented to them on Wednesday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, National Commissioner, Supervising Osun, Ogun and Oyo states, Prof. Kunle Ajayi,
Adeleke, in the governorship election conducted on Saturday, July 16, 2022, defeated the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with 402,979 votes to 375,077 votes.
Out of the 30 local government areas in the state with 3,763 polling units and 332 registration areas, Adeleke swept 17 local government areas while Oyetola won 13.
During the presentation ceremony which took place at Osun INEC head office in Osogbo, Adeleke dedicated his victory in the election to the memory of his late elder brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke and the people of Osun state.
