Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Osun State, is in an early lead in the ongoing election with over 10,000 votes.
Results posted on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), show that the former lawmaker is leading the incumbent governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor, Gboyega Oyetola with the intimidating margin.
The result on the portal of the electoral body shows that Adeleke has polled 67,892 votes while Oyetola has 56,915 votes.
There are a total of 1,955,657 registered voters in the election
The 2022 governorship election is taking place in 3,763 polling units across 332 registration areas in 30 local government areas of the state.
15 political parties and their governorship candidates are in the race for the number 1 political office.