By The Metro 
The Accord Party, fielding incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polling unit of former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
The Accord Party, fielding incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, has defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polling unit of former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area.
According to the result sheet uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) IReV portal, the Accord Party polled 125 votes to emerge victorious at the polling unit.
The APC came second with 85 votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured five votes.
The African Action Congress (AAC) recorded two votes, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) each secured one vote.
Other political parties, including the Action Alliance (AA), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Peoples Party (APP), Boot Party (BP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), recorded no votes.
The result sheet showed that 228 voters were accredited, with 220 valid votes cast and eight ballots rejected.
The election was conducted at Court Hall I, Okuku, in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the state.
The result is particularly notable given Oyinlola’s recent endorsement of the APC governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the election.
Oyinlola, who served as governor of Osun State from 2003 to 2010, had publicly backed Oyebamiji despite the former governor’s political association with the opposition to incumbent Governor Adeleke.
The outcome means Adeleke’s Accord Party secured a 40-vote margin over the APC at the former governor’s polling unit.
The result is likely to attract attention given Oyinlola’s endorsement of Oyebamiji and the political significance of his home base in the ongoing Osun governorship contest.