Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state.
Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, polled 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the preferred candidate of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who scored 12,921.
The governor won in all the 30 local government areas of the state, including Iwo, the home council of Adeoti, in the direct primary election on Saturday.
He also defeated Mr Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who scored 460 votes.
An indicaation that Oyetola’s victory was comprehensive was that Lasun Yusuf got just 10 votes in his ward.
The Kwara Governor, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, announced the results at about 3.00 a.m at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo on Sunday.
AbdulRazak said that the total registered voters for the exercise was 408,697.
The chairman added that the total numbers of accredited voters was 247, 207, while the total votes cast was 235,550.
He said: “I, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, the Chairman, Primary Election Committee, hereby certify 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 guidelines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”
In his remarks, the Chairman of APC in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famodun, commended the committee for a job well done.
Famodun said the peaceful outcome of the primary had put an end to tension in the state.
He said the party would work toward the victory of Oyetola, who is now the party’s candidate for July 16 governorship election in the state
The Full result in the 30 local governments of the state:
Atakunmosa East LG
Oyetola 2637
Yusuf 02
Adeoti 165
Atakunmosa West
Oyetola 4655
Yusuf 07
Adeoti 305
Ayedaade LG
Oyetola 3615
Yusuf – nil
Adeoti 540
Ayedire LG
Oyetala 3274
Yusuf 03
Adeoti 379
Boluwaduro LG
Oyetola 6399
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 62
Boripe LG
Oyetola 15034
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 05
Ede north LG
Oyetola 7117
Yusuf 02
Adeoti 311
Ede South LG
Oyetola 2664
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 628
Egbedore LG
Oyetola 5500
Yusuf 00
Adeoti 420
Ejigbo LG
Oyetola 8007
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 360
Ife Central LG
Oyetola 10843
Yusuf 01
Adeoti 344
Ifedayo LG
Oyetola 4214
Yusuf 00
Adeoti 141
Ife East LG
Oyetola 12030
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 326
Ifelodun LG
Oyetola 11873
Yusuf 27
Adeoti 631
Ife North LG
Oyetola 3377
Yusuf 05
Adeoti 242
Ife South LG
Oyetola 8268
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 43
Ila LG
Oyetola 8834
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 47
Ilesa East LG
Oyetola 4857
Yusuf 01
Adeoti 483
Ilesa West LG
Oyetola 3877
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 446
Irepodun LG
Oyetola 7928
Yusuf 314
Adeoti 732
Irewole LG
Oyetola 7560
Yusuf 00
Adeoti 537
Isokan LG
Oyetola 6468
Yusuf 13
Adeoti 279
Iwo LG
Oyetola 9432
Yusuf 01
Adeoti 253
Obokun LG
Oyetola 5245
Yusuf 02
Adeoti 527
Odo Otin LG
Oyetola 7735
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 384
Ola Oluwa LG
Oyetola 3771
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 363
Olorunda LG
Oyetola 7103
Yusuf 01
Adeoti 555
Oriade LG
Oyetola 10935
Yusuf 11
Adeoti 438
Orolu LG
Oyetola 6652
Yusuf 0
Adeoti 130
Osogbo LG
Oyetola 22265
Yusuf 170
Adeoti 655