Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been
re-elected as the governor of Osun State, defeating his closest rival, Dr.
Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 22 of the 30 local
government areas.
The candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) polled a total of 394,684 votes to emerge winner,
against Omisore’s 292,747.
Aregbesola got his highest number of
votes, 39,983, from Osogbo LGA and the least, 4,225, from Ifedayo, where he
nonetheless beat Omisore to the second place. Omisore, who won in all the Ife
LGAs, got his biggest figure of 24,555 from Ife Central and his lowest, 3,982,
from Ifedayo.
Nigerians have since taken to twitter to react to the win, with many of them congratulating Aregbesola and mocking Omisore.
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