Osun Poll: Adeleke Reveals How He Was Declared Winner -READ DETAILS
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jul 19, 2022
Adeleke Reveals How He Was Declared Winner In The Just Concluded Elections
The Osun State Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has attributed his win to the fall out between the state's incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola stating that it paved the way for his victory in the Saturday poll.
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Senator Adeleke was on Sunday declared winner of the Saturday's governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes to beat the incumbent governor who polled 375,027 votes in the keenly contested race.
Re call that in 2018, Adeleke had won the Osun State elections against Oyetola, but following a run-off, Oyetola was declared winner.
Before his electoral loss, Oyetola had in 2018 defeated Adeleke after a run-off, with the support of his predecessor, Aregbesola, and former Lagos state governor and now APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
Shortly after winning the election, Oyetola, who was the Chief of Staff to Aregbesola for eight years, parted ways with the interior affairs minister and his loyalists. They alleged that the governor abandoned his predecessor's programmes.
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In the Channels Television interview published on Tuesday, Adeleke noted that he was delighted when he heard that there was a fallout between Oyetola and Aregbesola.
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"These were the people that colluded that time. They were together. Kolapo Alimi (Aregbesola's ex-associate) told me the truth. They robbed me. Even the president said it when he came over here; that they won the (2018) election through remote control,ÔÇØ Adeleke said.
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He added, "They fell out, and that was towards my own advantage. It has paved the way for me to victory too.ÔÇØ
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