Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has been declared the winner of the state governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, held on Saturday.
The Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq announced the result early Sunday.
Abdulrazaq declared Oyetola the winner of the election after garnering 222,169 votes against his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti’s 12,921 votes. And also, Lasun Yusuf, who got 460 votes to clinch the third position in the primary election.
He also informed that 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.
Oyetola had defeated Adeoti, a former secretary to the state government, at the ward of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in the Saturday’s APC famous governorship primary election in Osun State.