OSHOGBO/By Alaba Ajibade – The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ademola Adeleke has been declared winner of the Osun West Senatorial bye-election held on Saturday.
Adeleke polled 97,280 votes to defeat his main rival and All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mudashiru Hussain who scored 66,115 in the election.
The Returning Officer Prof. Olaide Lawal who announced the result in Oshogbo, Osun State capital declared the PDP candidate winner with 31, 165 votes more than his APC rival.
Both Messrs. Adeleke and Hussein had commended the conduct of the election, saying it was peaceful and satisfactory.
Also, breakdown of the collated results shows that the APC candidate only won election in his local government, while Ademola Adeleke of the PDP won 9 out of the 10 local government areas where elections were held.
The defeat of the APC candidate, Hussain came to many as a surprise especially given the support it enjoys from the governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola and the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as well as federal support.
The official results are as follows:
IWO:
APC: 12,205
PDP: 12,547
EDE SOUTH:
APC: 2,096
PDP: 13,406
EJIGBO:
APC:12,229
PDP: 9,723
IREWOLE:
APC: 8,952
PDP: 9,096
AYEDIRE
APC: 5,360
PDP: 5,789
EDE NORTH:
APC: 2,784
PDP: 18,559
OLA-OLUWA:
APC: 5,316
PDP: 5,618
AYEDAADE:
APC: 7,179
PDP: 9,061
ISOKAN:
APC: 5,227
PDP: 6,539
EGBEDORE:
APC: 4,768
PDP: 7,142
TOTAL RESULT: PDP: 97,480 APC: 66,116
