CONFIRMED: APC’s Aregbesola Wins Osun Guber Election

After all the intimidation and arrests, the Chief Returning Officer for Osun election, Prof. Bamitale Omole, has declared Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola return elected as the governor of the State of Osun.

Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. To emerge winner of the election contested by 20 political parties, Aregbesola polled a total of 394,684 votes, winning the highest number of votes in 22 of the 30 Local Government Areas of the state.

His closest challenger, Iyiola Omisore of the PDP polled 292,747 votes to come second. He won in eight LGs. Candidate of Labour Party, Fatai Akinbade, received a paltry 8,898 votes to come a distant third.

Mr. Aregbesola won convincingly in the following areas...

Ayedade, Ifelodun, Ede North, Ola Oluwa, Irepodun, Ila Orangun, Ede South, Atakumosa West, Oriade, Orolu, Boripe and Ilesa West.

The APC candidate also prevailed at Ilesa East, Ifedayo, Irewole, Obokun, Egbedore, Iwo, Osogbo, Olorunda, Atakumosa East and Ejigbo.

Congratulations to Aregbesola! He served his people well and he was handsomely rewarded!!