Senator Ademola Adeleke was in Sunday morning, declared winner of the just concluded Osun governorship election.
A candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adeleke was officially declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The announcement was made at the head office of INEC in Osogbo, the state capital which was used as the collation centre.
He defeated the incumbent governor of the state and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola and 13 other candidates in the July 16th election.
Adeleke won 17 local government areas in the state, while the candidate of the APC, Oyetola won the remaining 13 local government areas in the state.
The incumbent governor of the state who was defeated in the election gathered 375,027 votes, while Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to win the election.
INEC returning officer for the Osun State Governorship election, Prof Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe gave the declaration in the early hours of Sunday.
Adeleke declared that he has brought light to bear in the state:
However, Nigerians have taken to the micro-blogging platform, Twitter to express their views regarding the announcement by the electoral agency.
See some of the reactions:
@calmfrankie: “Adeleke should not disappoint the people that voted you in. Congratulations!!
@OLAcryptoman: “Congratulations to the newest dancing governor…I hope you ride on your good brother’s legacy… Wish u all the best.”
@ebijeisrael: “The second time Adeleke will defeat APC stooge, the first time however Buhari led FG will let truth prevail. Tinubu is on his own, 2023 is not about “it is my turn”. By all means possible within the limit of best practice, this should be replicated at the centre.”
@Dapjoy4: “APC party paid voters to vote for them to close the gap between them and PDP EMILOKAN, OYETOLA & Co know they can’t win OsunDecideElection.”
@Benedictshawn: “We may not know the capacity or antecedents of Sen Adeleke. But APC needs to be kicked out at all levels of governance!
“This is a litmus test that THE PEOPLE VOTES TRULY COUNT! Thanks to the electoral act! Thanks to INEC CHAIR for giving us a credible poll.”
@abah_manuel: “It’s over for those that short-changed the people of Osun for years #OsunDecides2022.”
@iam_laposh: “Today I am proud to identify myself as an Osun man. I am so proud of my brothers in Osun state, you guys are the true Heros of this election.
“I kept up all day and night, news of how voters rejected 10k from APC and how the APC even increased it to 17k and yet voters refused.”