Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Election observer organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said the official results of the 2026 Osun State governorship election accurately reflected the ballots counted at polling units. However, widespread reports of vote buying and voter inducement raised concerns about the integrity of voters' choices.

The organisation disclosed this on Sunday at its post-election briefing in Osogbo, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the incumbent governor and Accord Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, winner of Saturday's election.

Adeleke polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 444,815 votes. The result gave Adeleke a ...