Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has officially received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following his victory in the state’s governorship election.
The certificate was presented to Adeleke by INEC in Osogbo on Wednesday, formally affirming his emergence as the winner of the poll held on Saturday.
Adeleke’s Special Assistant on Digital Media, Olalekan Badmus, announced the development in a post on his official X account.
According to Badmus, the presentation marked the formal recognition of Adeleke’s electoral victory after he secured 511,067 votes.
He defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji, who finished with 444,815 votes.
Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came third with 17,180 votes.