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Adeleke wins governorship primary of PDP faction in Osun

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Senator Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday won the governorship primary of a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State.

In the primary election held at Osogbo City Stadium and backed by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), Adeleke polled 1,887 votes to defeat five other aspirants in the exercise.

The other aspirants were – Sanya Omirin (4 votes), Dele Adeleke (1), Fatai Akinbade, Dotun Babayemi and Akin Ogunbiyi.

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The Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, who supervised the exercise, said 24 votes were declared invalid.

Another faction of the party in the state also conducted a other primary election in a different part of the state.

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