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By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship primary election held on Saturday.
Announcing the result around 3am on Sunday, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against 12,921 votes that his main challenger and candidate of Interior Minister, Moshood Adeoti, got. He also said another of Oyetola’s challenger, Lasun Yusuf, got 460 votes to placed third.
Abdulrazaq 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.
He said Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas in the state.
In his remarks, Osun State APC chairman, Gboyega Famodun, commended the diligence of the committee, security agencies and others that worked for the success of the exercise.
1. Atakunmosa East LGA
Returning Officer— Oyedele Disu
Accredited voters—2,917
Votes cast— 2,804
Valid votes— 2,804
Oyetola -2,637
Yusuf – 2
Adeoti -165
2. Atakunmosa West LGA
Returning officer — Collinus Edewusi
Accredited voters—5,055
Votes cast— 4,967
Valid votes— 4,967
Oyetola —4,695
Yusuf —07
Adeoti —305
3. Ayedaade Local Government Area
Returning officer — Yomi Amusan
Accredited voters—4,371
Votes cast— 4,155
Valid votes— 4,155
Oyetola—3,615
Yusuf—0
Adeoti —540
4. Ayedire Local Government Area
Returning officer — Adigun Adejare
Accredited voters—3,664
Votes cast— 3,556
Valid votes— 3,556
Oyetola— 3,274
Yusuf—03
Adeoti— 279
5. Boluwaduro Local Government Area.
Returning officer — Ayantoye Adelana
Accredited voters— 6,527
Votes cast— 6,461
Valid votes— 6,461
Oyetola— 6,399
Yusuf—0
Adeoti—62
6. Boripe Local Government Area
Returning officer — Oyetunji Iyabo
Accredited voters— 15,531
Votes cast— 15,039
Valid votes— 15,039
Oyetola— 15,034
Yusuf—0
Adeoti—5
7. Ede North Local Government Area
Returning officer — Wasiu
Accredited voters— 7430
Votes cast— 7,430
Valid votes— 7,430
Oyetola—7,117
Yusuf— 02
Adeoti — 311
8. Ede South Local Government Area.
Returning officer — Ismail Adeniyi
Accredited voters— 3,525
Vots cast— 3,292
Valid votes— 3,292
Oyetola— 2,664
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 628
9. Egbedore Local Government Area
Returning officer — Oloyede Odunayo
Accredited voters— 6,334
Votes cast— 5,920
Valid votes— 5,920
Oyetola— 5,500
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 420
10. Ejigbo Local Government Area
Returning officer — Fawande Oyewole
Accredited voters— 8,367
Votes cast— 8,367
Valid votes— 8,367
Oyetola— 8,007
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 360
11. Ife Central Local Government Area
Returning officer — Oyeniyi Kehinde
Accredited voters— 11,881
Votes cast— 11,188
Valid votes— 11,188
Oyetola— 10,843
Yusuf— 01
Adeoti — 344
12. Ifedayo Local Government Area
Returning officer — Jide Olagunju
Accredited voters— 4,678
Votes cast— 4,355
Valid votes— 4,355
Oyetola— 4,214
Yusuf—0
Adeoti — 141
13. Ife East Local Government Area
Returning officer — Kunle Ojuade
Accredited voters— 12,529
Votes cast— 12,356
Valid votes— 12,356
Oyetola—12,030
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 326
14. Ifelodun Local Government Area
Returning officer — Adejumon Rasak
Accredited voters— 12,971
Votes cast— 12,531
Valid votes— 12,531
Oyetola — 11,873
Yusuf— 27
Adeoti — 631
15. Ife North Local Government Area
Returning officer — Ayoola Peter
Accredited voters— 3,795
Votes cast— 3,624
Valid votes— 3,624
Oyetola— 3,377
Yusuf— 05
Adeoti — 242
16. Ife South Local Government Area
Returning officer — Adebowale Adegoke
Accredited voters— 8,673
Votes cast— 8,311
Valid votes— 8,311
Oyetola— 8,268
Yusuf—0
Adeoti — 43
17. Ila Local Government Area
Returning officer—
Accredited voters— 9223
Votes cast— 8,881
Valid votes— 8881
Oyetola— 8834
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 47
18 . Ilesa East Local Government Area
Returning officer— Fafowora Akinyemi
Accredited voters— 5,846
Votes cast— 5,341
Valid votes— 5,846
Oyetola— 4,857
Yusuf— 1
Adeoti — 483
19. Ilessa West Local Government Area
Returning officer— Akintola Akinyele
Accredited voters— 4,660
Votes cast— 4,323
Valid votes— 4,323
Oyetola— 3,877
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 446
20. Irepodun Local Government Area
Returning officer— Adepoju Rahmon
Accredited voters— 9, 692
Votes cast— 8,874
Valid votes— 8,874
Oyetola— 7,928
Yusuf— 214
Adeoti — 732
21. Irewole Local Government Area
Returning officer— Awogbade Lateef
Accredited voters— 8,432
Votes cast— 8,097
Valid votes— 8,097
Oyetola— 7,560
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 537
22. Isokan Local Government Area
Returning officer— Ismail Alagbada
Accredited voters— 6,899
Votes cast— 6,760
Valid votes— 6,760
Oyetola— 6,468
Yusuf— 13
Adeoti — 279
23. Iwo Local Government Area
Returning officer— Isola Awoniyi
Accredited voters— 14,690
Votes cast— 11, 976
Valid votes— 11,976
Oyetola— 9,432
Yusuf— 01
Adeoti — 2,543
24. Obokun Local Government Area
Returning officer— Faoye Idowu
Accredited voters— 5,910
Votes cast— 5,774
Valid votes— 5,774
Oyetola— 5,245
Yusuf— 02
Adeoti — 527
25. Odo-Otin Local Government Area
Returning officer— Kayode Oyewo
Accredited voters— 8,119
Votes cast— 8,119
Valid votes— 8,119
Oyetola— 7,735
Yusuf– 0
Adeoti — 384
26. Ola Oluwa Local Government Area
Returning officer— Ganiyu Liadi
Accredited voters— 4,134
Votes cast— 4,134
Valid votes— 4,134
Oyetola— 3,771
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 363
27. Olorunda Local Government Area
Returning officer— Ogunshola Adegoke
Accredited voters— 8,087
Votes cast— 7,659
Valid votes— 7,659
Oyetola— 7,103
Yusuf— 01
Adeoti — 555
28. Oriade Local Government Area
Returning officer— Ayeni
Accredited voters— 11,384
Votes cast— 11,384
Valid votes— 11,384
Oyetola— 10,935
Yusuf— 11
Adeoti — 438
29. Orolu Local Government Area
Returning officer— Onibonokuta Saheed
Accredited voters— 7,768
Votes cast— 6,782
Valid votes— 6,782
Oyetola— 6,652
Yusuf— 0
Adeoti — 130
30. Osogbo Local Government Area
Returning officer— Benson Adekunle
Accredited voters— 23,711
Votes cast— 23,090
Valid votes— 23,090
Oyetola— 22,265
Yusuf— 170
Adeoti — 655
Summary
Total Accredited— 247,207
Total votes cast— 235,550
Total valid votes— 235,550
Oyetola— 222,169
Yusuf—460
Adeoti—12,921