OSUN 2018 : OYETOLA TRIUMPHS IN OSUN APC GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY
Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary, ahead of the Sept. 22 election in the state.
Oyetola polled 127,017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21,000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly Nojeem Salaam came third.
Oyetola, a participant in the June 12 struggle, has been Gov Aregbesola’s chief of staff since 2010.
Announcing the results at about 10:45 pm on Friday at the party’s secretariat in Osogbo Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege said Oyetola, scored 127,017 votes.
Omo-Agege, who represented Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, the Chairman of the Election Committee, said that Mr Lasun Yussuff, Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives came second with 21,975 votes.
“Having won the majority votes, I declared Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola as the official flag bearer for the Sept. 22 governorship election,” Omo-Agege said.
He commended all other aspirants for displaying maturity during the exercise.
Omo-Agege, who described the election as a family contest, said there was no victor and no vanquished.
According to reports, the direct primary was conducted in 332 wards across the state
Among the 17 aspirants who contested for the party’s ticket, several withdrew at the last minute.
They were Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, who is the Secretary to State Government, Sen. Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East at the Senate and Mr Peter Babalola, Chairman of State Civil Service Commission.
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