Oyetola wins Osun APC Gov primary, sweeps 30 LGAs

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has been declared the winner of the Osun State governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress.

Announcing the result early this morning, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against 12,921 votes that his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti, got.

He also said Lasun Yusuf got 460 votes and placed third.

The governor said a total of 408,697 voters registered in the primary election of the party, while 247,207 voters were accredited to vote.

The total vote cast and valid votes were 235,550.

Abdulrazaq said Oyetola won in all the 30 local government areas in the state.

In his remarks, Osun APC chairman, Gboyega Famoodun, commended the diligence of the committee, security agencies and others that worked for the success of the exercise.