This was announced in a statement issued by the APC’s Acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Sunday night in Abuja.
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The rerun of the Osun State governorship election was held in seven polling units across four council areas on September 27, with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, beating the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke.
The position of the EU, UK and US on the election was contained in their joint report released on Saturday.
Oladeji, who was also a governorship aspirant, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo that the decision was taken by the leadership of the party and not only Iyiola Omisore, the party’s flagbearer.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has sent a message of congratulations to the Osun State Governor-Elect, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, describing his victory at the polls as a result of hard work and steadfastness of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress at all levels.
The Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Gboyega Oyetola, over his victory in the election.
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.
The President of the Senate and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Council on Osun State, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated that the supplementary governorship election in Osun State was a charade and an embarrassment to Nigeria’s democracy.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday congratulated the Governor-elect of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, for winning the keenly contested governorship election in the state.
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.
The APC Campaign Council for the Osun governorship election has advised the PDP to stop issuing threats and take full advantage of the democratic process if it has any grouse with Thursday’s supplementary election result.
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 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.
The Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Folashade Odoro, in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, said that the suspects were arrested by the police during routine stop and search in Orolu Local Government.
The thugs, who could not gain access to the polling unit because of the presence of security men, however, harassed journalists and passersby.
The rerun governorship election in Osun commenced on a peaceful note on Thursday with many voters defying an early morning downpour to participate in the exercise.
An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Stephen Oyewande, said he could not explain why the PDP agent was not on duty at the polling unit.
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.