Saturday, August 15, 2026

OsunDecides: Ex-governor Aregbesola loses polling unit to APC

Mr Oyebamiji of the APC secured 256 votes while ADC governorship candidate Najeem Salaam secured only 13 votes.

and • August 15, 2026
Rauf Aregbesola
Minister of interior Rauf Aregbesola

A former governor of Osun State and national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, lost his polling unit to Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.

At polling unit 001, Cooperative Building Junction, Isare, Ward 08, Ilesa East Local Government Area, Mr Oyebamiji secured 256 votes while ADC governorship candidate Najeem Salaam secured only 13 votes.

Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, who is seeking re-election, polled 43 votes.

Other results are still being announced and uploaded to the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) from polling centres across the state’s 30 local government areas.

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

DHQ

Heading 2

DHQ warns against fake posts after attempted X account breach

DHQ said it detected an attempted unauthorised compromise of its official X account.

Abdul’aziz Yari

States

Yari donates N163 million, assorted grains to Zamfara bandit attack victims

Mr Yari said the gesture aimed to provide succour to families of the deceased and victims.

La Marsa

Uncategorized

Hungry man kills himself after being denied food at restaurant

A man died by suicide after a restaurant refused to give him food.

WHO

Africa

Bundibugyo Ebola virus cases rise to 4,665

The WHO said cases are spreading rapidly across six provinces.

Deputy health minister Iziaq Adekunle Salako

Health

Nigeria targets local production of cancer equipment by 2030

“Looking to 2030, our ambitions are larger. We want technology transfer, and the local assembly and servicing of radiotherapy and imaging equipment in Nigeria,” Mr Salako said.