The All Progressives Congress prevailed in the voting district that included Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, his deputy Benedict Alabi, and Minister of the Interior Rauf Aregbesola, the All Progressives Congress prevailed.
APC received 545 votes at Oyetola’s polling place at ward 1, LA School, Popo, Iragbiji in the Boripe Local Government Area, defeating PDP’s Ademola Adeleke, who received 69 votes, by a large margin.
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In the election held on Saturday, the APC also won Aregbesola’s voting location in Ward 8, unit 1, Isare Ifofin, Ilesa East Local Government Area of Osun State.
The opposition PDP received 134 votes, while the ruling party received 164.
Aregbesola, however, stayed out of the election.
Deputy Governor Alabi also won his polling unit at ward 6, unit 7, Baptist Day School, Ikire, in Irewole Local Government with 206 votes while PDP scored 184.
Alabi, who voted at 10:32 am, described the exercise as peaceful and orderly.
He commended the level of consciousness and enthusiasm displayed by voters, adding that Nigeria was moving towards democratic advancement.
Alabi noted;
The turnout is massive and encouraging as you can see, every process is orderly and impressive. All stakeholders diligently discharged their duties.
This is a clear testimony that our democracy is growing to the point of maturity and we are sure of victory as a party.
