Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been declared the winner of the state’s governorship election held on Saturday, August 15, 2026.

The State Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, declared the result at about 7:24 a.m. on Sunday.

Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord, polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 444,815 votes.

Adeleke won in 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji secured victory in 11 LGAs.

The Returning Officer subsequently returned Adeleke as governor for another term.

According to the official results, 1,010,684 voters were accredited, while 985,079 votes were valid. A total of 207 votes were rejected, bringing the total votes cast to 1,005,800.

Declaring the result, Ogunwole said:

“That Ademola Nurudeen-Jackson Adeleke, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the August 15 Governorship election and returned elected.”

The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Najeem Salaam, came third in the election.