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  • Osun election: Oyetola carpets Aregbesola’s anointed, Adeoti to emerge as APC candidate

    Osun election: Oyetola carpets Aregbesola’s anointed, Adeoti to emerge as APC candidate

    Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state.

    Oyetola, who is seeking re-election, pulled 222,169, votes to defeat his closet rival, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the anointed candidate of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who scored 12,921.

    The governor won in all the 30 local government areas of the state in the direct primary election on Saturday.

    He also defeated Mr Lasun Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, who scored 460 votes.

    The Kwara Governor, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, announced the results at about 3.00 a.m at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo on Sunday.

    AbdulRazak said that the total registered voters for the exercise was 408,697.

    The chairman added that the total numbers of accredited voters was 247, 207, while the total votes cast was 235,550.

    He said: “I, AbdulRaham AbdulRazak, the Chairman, Primary Election Committee, hereby certified that Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, having scored the highest votes cast in Osun governorship primary election held on Feb.19 and met all requirements as contained in the guildlines of the election is hereby declared the winner.”

    In his remarks, the Chairman of APC in Osun, Mr Gboyega Famodun, commended the committee for a job well done.

    Famodun said the peaceful outcome of the primary had put an end to tension in the state.

    He said the party would work toward the victory of Oyetola, who is now the party’s candidate for July 16 governorship election in the state.

  • APC screens Oyetola, 2 others for Osun governorship

    APC screens Oyetola, 2 others for Osun governorship

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee on Thursday in Abuja, screened Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun and two other governorship aspirants ahead of its Feb. 19 governorship primary election in the state.

    The other two aspirants screened by the committee are a former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff and former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti.

    Adeoti recently defected from the Action Democratic Party (ADP) to join the APC, and Oyetola, the incumbent Governor, is seeking re-election.

    Speaking with newsmen after the screening, Oyetola said his performance in office was enough to ensure his electoral victory, both at the party’s primary and the state’s governorship election on July 16.

    “Let me say this, my performance in office in all areas of endeavour, as I speak today, is enough for me to win the party’s primary and the state’s governorship election.

    “By every standard, we have done so well within the last three and half years, and I have been able to justify the confidence reposed in me by the people.

    “I have been very much involved in the party; I’m not a novice when it comes to the issue of party administration,” he said.

    Oyetola said he was prepared for the election, adding that he had gone round to 18 of the 34 local government areas of the state to campaign on why he should be re-elected.

    The governor said he would not be intimidated by anyone in the race.

    According to him, my team would continue with the strategic engagements and would not leave anything for granted.

    Oyetola, however, said he would need the endorsement of the party’s critical stakeholders in the state to be able to fly its flag.

    “I have been going around to ask for the support of members of the party in all the local government areas of the state, so I am prepared,” Oyetola said.