Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, the winner of Saturday's governorship election.

Mr Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, was declared winner by the State Returning Officer, Joshua Ogunwole, at the INEC State Collation Centre in Osogbo on Sunday morning after results from the state's 30 local government areas were collated.

His victory gives him another four-year term as governor of the state.

Mr Adeleke secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 444,815 votes.

The result gave Mr Adeleke a margin of 66,252 votes.

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