Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, has defeated Moshood Adeoti and have been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election in Osun state.
Governor Oyetola defeated Adeoti his closest rival in all the 30 Local Government in the state and pulled a total of 222,169 votes to defeat Adeoti, who is also the anointed candidate of the Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola.
Adeoti scored a total of 12,921 votes while Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who was also in the contest scored 460 votes.
Announcing the result at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo , Governor AbdulRaham AbdulRazak of Kwara state, the chairman of the Osun Primary Election committee said the total registered voters for the exercise was 408,697, the total numbers of accredited voters was 247,207, while the total votes cast was 235,550.
Declaring Oyetola winner, He said: “I, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, the Chairman, Primary Election Committee, hereby certified that Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, having scored the highest votes cast in Osun governorship primary election held on Feb.19 and met all requirements as contained in the guildlines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”
