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INEC issues certificate of return to Osun governor-elect, Adeleke

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday issued a certificate of return to Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner in the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State.

The certificate was presented by the INEC National Commissioner, Supervising Osun, Ogun, and Oyo states, Prof. Kunle Ajayi.

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This came days after Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 403,371 votes, defeated the incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 375,027 votes.

In his acceptance speech at the Osun INEC head office in Osogbo, Adeleke said he dedicated his victory to the memory of his late elder brother, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, and the people of the state.

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