*Photo: Governor Ademola Adeleke*
Senator Ademola Adeleke has won the 2026 Osun State governorship election, securing a second term in office.
The incumbent governor, who contested under the Accord Party, was declared winner after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) completed collation of results from the state’s 30 Local Government Areas.
The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, declared Adeleke the winner at about 7:24am on Sunday at the state collation centre.
Adeleke polled 511,067 votes to secure victory across 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas.
Ogunwole, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, subsequently returned the incumbent governor elected for another term in office.
Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came second with 444,815 votes after winning 11 local government areas.
The Accord candidate secured victories in Ede North, Ede South, Ejigbo, Iwo, Egbedore, Ife North, Ife East, Ife Central, Oriade, Ifelodun, Orolu, Ayedaade, Ayedire, Odo Otin, Boluwaduro, Ilesa West, Ifedayo and Osogbo.
The APC candidate, however, won in Irewole, Isokan, Olorunda, Atakumosa East, Atakumosa West, Ilesa East, Boripe, Irepodun and Obokun.
The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, finished third with 17,180 votes.
Announcing the final figures, the Returning Officer said 1,010,684 voters were accredited for the election, while the total votes cast stood at 1,005,800.
A total of 985,079 votes were declared valid, while 20,721 votes were rejected.