Osun 2026: Accord leads APC as results from 94.8% of polling units are recorded

· Vote sold for N30, 000 as violence mars poll ·Aregbesola loses PU to Oyebamiji By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon & Shina Abubakar Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party jumped into early lead over his All Progressives Congress, APC, challenger, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, in the tightly contested Osun State governorship election, last night. With results from 3,292 polling units or 87.5 percent of the 3,763 polling units uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as of press time, Adeleke had garnered over 439,132 votes compared to Oyebamiji’s 379,255 votes. Read: Osun Election Live Updates: INEC begins collation announcement of results The poll recorded impressive voter turnout but was marred by vote-buying and violence.

Despite assurances of a violence-free exercise, there were pockets of violence recorded in some areas across the state. Adeleke sweeps polling unit Adeleke won his polling unit at Ward 02, PU 009, Abogunde Compound, Ede North LGA, by polling 421 votes. The announcement sparked jubilation among supporters who gathered at the unit.

Earlier in the day, Adeleke voted at Sagba Abogunde Ward 2, Unit 9, and said he was confident of victory. Omisore loses polling unit Adeleke equally won the polling unit of former Osun Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who, a few days before the election, declared his support for Oyebamiji Results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV, showed that Accord polled 131 votes at PU 003, Ife Ward 1, Moore, St. Gabriel Primary School, Ife East LGA.

The APC finished second with 85 votes, while ADC got 10 votes. Other parties recorded marginal votes. Gov defeats Oyinlola at polling unity Earlier, the governor won at the polling unit of former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola in Okuku, Odo-Otin LGA, with 125 votes.

Oyinlola publicly declared his support for APC’s Oyebamiji after a spat with the governor. Oyebamiji wins Aregbesola’s polling unit However, the APC’s Oyebamiji recorded a landslide win at the polling unit of former Osun Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in Ilesa. Results from the unit showed APC polling 256 votes to defeat Adeleke, who scored 43 votes.

Aregbesola, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, National Secretary, worked for Dr Najeem Salaam, the party’s standard-bearer, who finished third with 13 votes. The former governor, a major political figure in Ijes… By Efe Onodjae Accord Party is currently leading the Osun 2026 election results, with figures from 3,568 of the state’s 3,763 polling units recorded so far.