Newsonline reports that the Osun State governorship election holds today, Saturday, the 16th of July, 2022.
NEWSONLINE NIGERIA Reporters are on the ground to bring you live updates from the election. This online reliable newspaper will also be ready with timely results as they are announced at the polling units.
About 15 candidates will be contesting the Osun state governorship election on Saturday, July 16. Some of the candidates have presented various promises to the electorate.
Voters already seated, INEC officials are prepping at Alajue Ward 5 Unit 1, Aisu in Ede.
Voters check register at Oyetola’s PU [PHOTOS]
The Voter’s register has been pasted at Boripe 06, Ward 3: Unit 15 and voters are checking their details.
This is the polling unit of Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
EFCC operatives storm Osun to curb vote buying [PHOTO]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have stormed Osun State to curb vote buying in the Osun governorship election.
As at 8:15am on Saturday, the operatives were still at the Freedom Park, Old Garage, Osogbo, the State capital.
The stage is set for the residents of Osun State, South West Nigeria, to choose who will pilot their affairs for the next four years.
As it is in every democratic setting, the people will exercise their rights to pick their next governor through the governorship election which comes up on Saturday, 16 July 2022.
The top contenders will battle for who becomes the 10th governor of the state since the creation of the state in 1991.
There are 15 candidates in the race for the state’s Government House and one of them is the incumbent Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, who is seeking a second term in office.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, one of the major political parties in the election, has retained the same candidate it presented in the last election, Ademola Adeleke.
Meanwhile, campaigns for the election have not gone down without cases of violence in different parts of the state, especially the capital, Osogbo.
Experts say that about 16 cases of violence has been reported in the state including the assassination of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in one of the local government areas.
The 15 candidates include Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, representing the Accord Party; the African Action Congress candidate is Awojide Peter Segun; Kehinde Munirudeen Olumuyiwa A Atanda is bearing the flag of the Action Democratic Party; Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola for the APC; the Allied Peoples Movement presented Awoyemi Oluwatayo Lukuman; Adebayo Adeolu Elisha for the All People’s Party; Adeleke Adesoji Masilo Aderemi Adedapo for the Boot Party; Yussuff Sulaimon Lasun, Labour Party; Rasaq Oyelami Saliu for the New Nigeria Peoples Party; National Rescue Movement has Abede Adetona Samuel as its flagbearer; PDP has Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen as its flagbearer; Peoples Redemption Party: Ayowole Olubusuyi Adedeji; Social Democratic Party: Omigbodun Oyegoke Akinrinola; Young Progressives Party: Ademola Bayonle Adeseye; and Zenith Labour Party: Adesuyi John Olufemi.
1. There are five major contenders this year.
They are 1. Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC. He promised that if re-elected, he would reinforce the state security system and empower the police force.
2. Omigbodun Akinrinola Oyegoke of the Socio Democratic Party. He said that his focus would be on reviving trade and investment in the state if elected as the governor.
3. Ademola Adeleke of the PDP. Adeleke has promised to fix the roads, hospitals, agriculture, and bring about other infrastructural developments if he wins.
4. Yusuff Sulaimon Lasun of the Labour Party. Yusuff Lasun says he wants to focus on reforming the education sector for Osun State.
5 . Akin Ogunbiyi of the Accord Party.
Akin Ogunbiyi has promised to bring businesses and investments that would boost the state’s economy and create jobs for the youth.
Follow this thread for results, and update from the Osun State governorship election. #Osundecides2022.
3: 11 PM: Result: Unit 29, Ward 008, Olorunda LGA
PDP – 91
APC – 39
ACCORD – 1
YPP – 1
ADP – 3
APM – 1
SDP – 1
Void – 2.
Total registered voters: 17
Ward 4 unit 18 Aleko, Oshogbo LGA.
PU 029, Open Space, Aderin Junction, Aderin area, Olorunda local government, Osogbo.
APC-103
PDP-44
APC-165
PDP-169
Ward 4 unit 18 Aleko, Oshogbo LGA.
PU 029, Open Space, Aderin Junction, Aderin area, Olorunda local government, Osogbo.
RESULT WARD 04, PU 11, Ila-Orangun
PDP:75
APC:63
RESULT (PU 4, Elepo village, Bode-Osi ward 8, Olaoluwa LGA)
APC: 38
PDP: 96
AAC: 2
PRP: 1
YPP: 1
Registered votes: 329
Votes cast: 141
Invalid votes: 3
Results are beginning to trickle in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State.
In the early results released so far, the top contender, Gboyega Oyetola (APC) and Ademola Adeleke (PDP) are running neck-at-neck.
Election Results Ward 01 Okesa PU006 Ilesha East LGA
AAC-01
ADP – 02
APC – 57
APP- 01
PDP – 76
Araromi Edi Village, Obala Iloro Ward In Boluwaduro LGA.
APC 58
PDP 28
AAC 2
LOWANKAN HALL
Odo-otin LGA Ward 09 PU 01
APC 94
PDP 98
PU 4, Elepo village, Bode-Osi ward 8, Olaoluwa LGA
APC: 38
PDP: 96
AAC: 2
Irepodun Local government
Ward 1, unit 2.
LP: 17
APC: 41
PDP: 68
Polling unit Ward10 unit 7 Atakumosa East.
PDP 78
APC 117
PU 4, Elepo village, Bode-Osi ward 8, Olaoluwa LGA
APC: 38
PDP: 96
AAC: 2
PU 03, Ward
Ife central Lga
APC- 117
PDP- 97
ADP- 2
AP- 1
WARD 04, PU 04, Ila-Orangun
PDP: 130
APC: 58
WARD 04, PU 05, Ila-Orangun
PDP: 33
APC: 25
WARD 5, PU 7, Ila-Orangun
PDP,: 50
APC: 49
WARD 05, PU 06, Ila-Orangun
#OsunDecides #OsunElection #OsunDecides2022
PDP: 83
APC: 71
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