President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, over his victory in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun.
Senator Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat his closet rival, Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the APC, who scored 375,027 votes.
Buhari disclosed this in a statement by his spokesperson Femi Adesina on Sunday.
The statement said Buhari expressed conviction that with the election over, the people of Osun had expressed their will through the ballot, and the will of the people must always matter and be respected in a democracy.
He said the successful conduct of the election is a further testimony to the maturity and commitment of all stakeholders – the electoral body, security agencies, political parties, the media, civil society and the electorate- to further strengthen the integrity of the electoral process in the
Buhari reiterated his administration’s commitment ”toward having credible elections remains unshaken.”
