The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun governorship election.

The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes to beat the incumbent governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who got a total of 375,027 votes.

He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen on behalf of the chairman of INEC of the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected.”

Thelagostimes gathered that the PDP won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas of the state, while the APC won the remaining 13.

A total of 15 political parties took part in the election held on Saturday across the 30 local governments of the state.