Governor Gboyega Oyetola has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Osun State.
Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, pulled 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Moshood Adeoti, the preferred candidate of former governor and now minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who scored 12,921.
The governor won in all the 30 local government areas of the state in the direct primary election on Saturday.
He also defeated Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who scored 460 votes.
Chairman of the primary election committee Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazak of Kwara 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 certified that Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, having scored the highest votes cast in Osun governorship primary election held on February 19 and met all requirements as contained in the guildlines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”
Meanwhile, one person was shot dead on Saturday by gunmen, suspected to be cultists, at a polling centre in Odogbo-Ijesa in Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun.
The victim (name witheld) was waiting to vote during the primary election in his ward.
Osun police spokesperson Yemisi Opalola said: “The killing is suspected to be cult related, as the killers and the victim were said to be suspected members of cult groups.”
