Kunle Oyatomi, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman in Osun, on Friday, September 28 said
governor-elect, Gboyega Oyetola, would build on the legacies of Governor Rauf
Aregbesola.
Oyatomi said this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the announcement of
Oyetola as the winner of the gubernatorial election by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osogbo.
He commended Aregbesola for
delivering good democratic dividends which had transformed the state.
Oyatomi also commended INEC
for its display of professionalism and the security agencies for ensuring the
election was peaceful.
He, however, urged the
people of the state to support the incoming governor in achieving the mandate
of making Osun greater than its present status.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that Oyetola polled 255,505 to defeat PDP’s Ademola Adeleke, who
had 255,023 votes.
Meanwhile, the Senate
president, Bukola Saraki, has described Thursday, September 27, rerun election
held in Osun state as a total sham and the biggest electoral fraud in the
history of the country.
Channels TV reports that
Saraki, who is also a presidential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), stated this while addressing journalists during his campaign tour in
Kaduna state.
The Senate president
consequently called for the cancellation of the result, especially in view of
the complaints made about the supplementary election.
Saraki accused the All
Progressives Congress (APC) of rigging the election, stressing that the
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, ought
to have been declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) on Sunday, September 23
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