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The incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has won his re-election bid after defeating 14 other candidates to win Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Mr Adeleke of the Accord party was formally declared the winner of the election by the INEC returning officer, Joshua Ogunwole, on Sunday morning at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The governor scored a total of 511,067 votes while his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC, scored 444,815 votes. Mr Adeleke also won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas while Mr Oyebamiji won in 11. Details…

A Kebbi State High Court judge, Faruk Bunza, has pinpointed the hideout where his abductors held him for over a week, while raising concerns about insufficient security for judicial officers handling sensitive criminal cases. Mr Bunza stated he was detained at Dutsen Bandan in Dakin Gari, Suru Local Government Area, approximately 49 kilometres from his residence in Bunza, according to an interview published by Weekend Trust. The judge said some of the armed men at the camp lived there with their families and alleged that the group relied on informants from nearby communities. His account prompts questions about whether security…

Governor Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Accord Party, has won the Osun governorship election held on Saturday, winning …. 19 of the 30 local governments. He polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest rival Bola Oyebamiji, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, who won 11 local governments and scored 445,815 votes. In the fiercely contested election, the candidate of the African Democractic Congress, Najeem Salaam, came a distant third, polling 444,815 votes and recording no win in any of the local governments. Declaring Adeleke winner of the election, the State Collation Officer, Prof. Jpshua Olalekan Ogunwole said “ Ademola Nurudeen…

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent governor of Osun State and Accord Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the state’s governorship election. Adeleke secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 444,815 votes. The returning officer Prof Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole announced the result on Sunday after collation was completed across the state’s 30 local government areas. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Najeem Salaam, finished third with 17,180 votes.