Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has won his re-election bid after defeating 14 other candidates to win Saturday's governorship election in the state.

Mr Adeleke of the Accord party was formally declared the winner of the election by the INEC returning officer, Joshua Ogunwole, on Sunday morning at the INEC headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

The governor scored a total of 511,067 votes while his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC, scored 444,815 votes.

Mr Adeleke also won in 19 of the state's 30 local government areas while Mr Oyebamiji won in 11.

Details later.

See the final result below:

Accredited voters 1,010,604

Accord 511,067 APC 444,815 AAC 1458 ADC 17180 ADP ...