According to the election’s Returning Officer, Joseph Afuwape, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, got 254,699 votes while Isiaka Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress had 254,345 votes.
Iyiola Omisore of the Social Democratic Party polled 128,049 votes to place a distant third.
Afuwape went on to declare the election inconclusive due to the fact that the difference between the two leading parties was 353 votes while the number of cancelled votes was 3,5498.
“Unfortunately, as the Returning Officer, it is not possible to declare any party as the winner,” he said.
Nigerians have been reacting to the news. See reactions:
If INEC likes, let them declare this Osun State election inconclusive. This election has proven that power belongs to the people and not with the godfathers. This is also a huge lesson for governors who don’t pay salaries. Your waterloo awaits you.FLASH: They have influenced INEC to declare#OsunDecides2018 inconclusive!It’s a sad day for democracy!
— Oluyemi Fasipe ๐ณ๐ฌ (@YemieFASH) September 23, 2018
— Oriekose (@michaeloriekose) September 23, 2018
INCONCLUSIVE election? INEC is just a scam, the first time another party will ever beat an incumbent APC government.— McBee (@Official_McBee) September 23, 2018
INEC, God punish you as you wan assist APC rig election— peteswagz (@araswagz) September 23, 2018
INEC should be fair. I don’t like the ways things are playing out.— Duchess Stella ๐ (@stellagloww) September 23, 2018
I’m guessing Adeleke, The dancing Senator won. Inec quickly dabaru d tin.Some ๐ณ๐ฌlawyers are about to making Shit loads of money in Osun State.
— Wale Gates ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง (@walegates) September 23, 2018
INEC is not independent, it is funded and directed by APC.Osun people will resist this act of disregarding democracy.
— Mckay (@BookieMckay) September 23, 2018
OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION is the trailer of PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2019#OsunDecides2018— Riches๐ธ✌ (@DaveRaez) September 23, 2018
#INEC calls for a rerun in those areas where the#OsunDecides2018 election was cancelled.The difference bw the votes garnered by the leading PDP & APC is just 353.
Fairness demands that there should be a rerun if the voting population of the affected areas is more than 353.
— friarsomadina (@friarsomadina) September 23, 2018
INEC has to be consistent in its application of the rules. The cancelled votes during the by election for the Lokoja Federal Constituency was more than the margin of victory between the two front leading candidates. But the election was returned
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