Senator Ademola Adeleke has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Osun state.
The primary was backed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the opposition party.
The result was announced by the returning officer and deputy governor of Bayelsa state, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.
He said Adeleke polled 1887 votes out of the 1916 total votes to defeat the other contenders in the race.
Dotun Babayemi, Akinbade Fatai and Akin Ogunbiyi each had no vote while Bamidele Adeleke polled one vote and Sanya Omirin had four.
Babayemi had earlier won the parallel primary election backed by Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the former governor of Osun state.
Both primaries took place simultaneously — one at WOCDIF event centre and the other held inside Osun Township Stadium.
Bamidele Adeleke, nephew of Ademola Adeleke, and Akinbade had earlier announced their withdrawal from the race — but they later pitched their tent with Babayemi.
The Oyinlola-backed faction said the NWC failed to heed a court order mandating the use of the list from the congress held across the 215 wards in the state.
The congress was organised by Olasoji Adagunodo, PDP national vice-chairman (Southwest).
