Tinubu said this when he received Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and the newly elected state Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, at his residence in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Friday
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The result just declared today in Osun by the Independent National Electoral Commission in favour of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate is a travesty of justice. That was not democracy. That was a demonstration of tyranny.
Fayose said this in reaction to the declaration of APC’s Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola as the winner of the September 27 rerun governorship poll in Osun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission
Adeleke, who made this vow during his first news briefing after the election on Friday in Ede, Osun, lauded Nigerians and members of the media for their enthusiasm in support of the democracy.
Salaam made the felicitation in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Goke Butika, in Osogbo, saying the mandate given to the Oyetola, should challenge him to give his best to the people of the state.
President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Friday also congratulated the state and the national campaign teams that worked assiduously to guarantee victory at the polls.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had in the early hours of Friday declared Gboyega Oyetola of the APC as the winner of the poll, with PDP’s Senator Ademola Adeleke coming second
The declaration came after the counting of votes from the rerun held on Thursday and the tallying of the outcome with the result of the initial election on Saturday
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has rejected the conduct of the election and its outcome.
Adeleke said this in a statement by his campaign organisation, hours after the commencement of the rerun poll on Thursday
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in four local government areas in the state as a “coup”.
If the Peoples Democratic Party had its way, its candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, would have been declared governor that day.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that members of both parties canvassed for votes in Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South, where the re-run will be taking place.
Pearse expressed the view in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos while reacting to advances from the APC and PDP for SDP’s support, to enable them to win the Osun re-run election on Thursday.
Omisore made this known at a news conference attended by the National Chairman of SDP, Prof. Yemi Farounbi, on Wednesday in Ile-Ife.
Many Nigerians are taking a keen interest in the Osun election. This should not be surprising.
The protesters faulted the electoral umpire for not declaring the candidate of the PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the winner of the election.
Omisore gave the conditions when the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for the election and President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, led to delegation to his home in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
The Council said rather than resort to threats, the PDP could either go to court or decide not to participate in the supplementary election of September 27.
INEC had on Sunday declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive, adding that fresh ballot will be conducted in seven areas in four local government areas.