Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Accord Party candidate and incumbent governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, is in an early lead in the ongoing governorship election after results from 15 of the state's 30 Local Government Areas were collated.

The results announced across the 15 LGAs reviewed showed that Mr Adeleke has so far secured 283,235 votes, ahead of his closest challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who has polled 216,003 votes.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate, Najeem Salaam, is in third place with 11,196 votes.

Based on these figures, the tally shows that Mr Adeleke had a lead of 67,232 votes over Mr Oyebamiji, with results from the remaining 15 LGAs still outstanding.

The 15 LGAs ...