Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke has been declared winner of the Osun governorship held on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

Adeleke polled PDP 403,371 to defeat Oyetola and the APC with 375,027 votes, while Lasun Yusuf of Labour Party, LP polled 2,729

Adeleke won in 17 local government areas against Oyetola’s 13 to returned the stated votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s, returning Officer for the Election, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe pronounced Adeleke winner having scored lawful available votes in the election.

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Announcing the result, the returning officer said, “I Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, hereby affirmed that I am the returning officer for the governorship election held on Saturday, July 16 and the candidate polled the following votes… Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, APC, 375,027, …. Ademola Adeleke Nurudeen Jackson polled 403,371

“I declare that Ademola Adeleke Jackson Nurudeen, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared winner and is returned elected”.

All the party agents signed the result sheet.
Adeleke contested the governorship seat with the incumbent Governor in 2018 which he lost narrowly about 350 votes.

Reacting to the declaration, PDP Caretaker Chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle described the outcome as a victory for the entire populace of the state.

“Though it was anticipated because we have been to all the nooks and crannies of the state selling our candidate to a populace that desired change and they proved it at the poll.

We will not let the people down. They trust and believe in us, our duty is to reciprocate that trust

Below is the full results, by local governments:

LGA: BOLUWADURO
Total Registered: 24329
Accredited: 12,007
A: 37
AAC: 29
ADP: 141
APC :5649
APN : 15
APP: 09
PP: 04
LP: 09
NNPP: 09
NRN: 07
PDP: 5,860
PRP: 03
SDP: 03
YPP: 12
ZLP: 08
Total Valid Vote : 11759
Rejected Vote: 212
Total Vote Count : 12077

Winner: PDP

LGA: ILESA EAST:
Total Registered: 73440
Accredited: 26179
A: 91
AAC: 124
ADP: 402
APC : 13452
APN : 57
APP: 31
PP: 12
LP: 33
NNPP: 13
NRN: 22
PDP: 10969
PRP: 52
SDP: 32
YPP: 41
ZLP: 11
Total Valid Vote : 26146
Rejected Vote: 804
TOTAL VOTE CAST : 12077
RETURNING OFFICER: PROF. ADEPOJU

WINNER – APC

LGA: OSOGBO
Total Registered: 142,459
Accredited: 54,020

APC : 22,952
LP: 79
PDP: 30,401

Total Valid Vote : 26146
Rejected Vote: 804
TOTAL VOTE CAST : 12077
RETURNING OFFICER: PROF. ADEPOJU

WINNER – PDP

L.G.A : ILA
Total No votes= 46,623
Accredited voters= 24,947
APC= 11,163
LP= 6
PDP= 13,036
Valid votes = 24,572
Rejected votes-= 334
Total votes cast- 24,906

WINNER: PDP

ATAKUNMOSA WEST LGA
Total Registered: 36,477
Accredited: 1517
A: 75
AAC: 35
ADP: 178
APC :6,601
APN : 25
APP: 19
PP: 04
LP: 13
NNPP: 09
NRN: 21
PDP: 7,750
PRP: 29
SDP: 11
YPP: 22
ZLP: 02
Total Valid Vote : 14794
Rejected Vote: 353
Total Vote Count : 15,147

WINNER: PDP

LGA: IFELODUN
Total Registered: 80021
Accredited: 34860
A: 65
AAC: 93
ADP: 487
APC : 16,068
APN : 45
APP: 13
DP: 07
LP: 18
NNPP: 13
NRN: 17
PDP: 17,107
PRP: 31
SDP: 12
YPP: 47
ZLP: 13
Total Valid Vote : 34036
Rejected Vote: 792
Total Vote CAST : 34828

WINNER: PDP

LGA: ILESHA WEST
Total Registered: 71001
Accredited: 26364
A: 106
AAC: 77
ADP: 407
APC : 10,777
APN : 48
APP: 22
PP: 9
LP: 40
NNPP: 13
NRN: 16
PDP: 13,769
PRP: 45
SDP: 21
YPP: 33
ZLP: 20
Total Valid Vote : 25403
Rejected Vote: 881
Total Vote CAST : 26284

Winner: PDP

AIYEDIRE LGA
Total Registered: 37092
Accredited: 17284
A: 15
AAC: 33
ADP: 115
APC :7868
APN : 15
APP: 5
PP: 2
LP: 7
NNPP: 14
NRN: 12
PDP: 7402
PRP: 9
SDP: 4
YPP: 11
ZLP: 7
Total Valid Vote : 17014
Rejected Vote: 253
Total Vote CAST : 17267

WINNER: APC

ODO OTIN LGA
Total Registered: 66866
Accredited: 28864
A: 170
AAC: 50
ADP: 269
APC :13,482
APN : 29
APP: 10
PP: 07
LP: 19
NNPP: 14
NRN: 23
PDP: 14,003
PRP: 35
SDP: 12
YPP: 44
ZLP: 11
Total Valid Vote : 28185
Rejected Vote: 422
Total Vote CAST : 28607

WINNER : PDP

LGA: BORIPE
Total Registered: 89,538
Accredited: 30563
A: 91
AAC: 82
ADP: 355
APC : 21,205
APN : 56
APP: 5
PP: 5
LP: 4
NNPP: 7
NRN: 13
PDP: 7,595
PRP: 24
SDP: 9
YPP: 32
ZLP: 7
Total Valid Vote : 29510
Rejected Vote: 598
Total Vote CAST : 30108

WINNER: APC

LGA: OBOKUN
Total Registered: 53,267
Accredited: 24,447
A: 26
AAC: 71
ADP: 243
APC : 9,727
APN : 29
APP: 7
PP: 7
LP: 11
NNPP: 8
NRN: 32
PDP: 13,575
PRP: 27
SDP: 4
YPP: 38
ZLP: 6
Total Valid Vote : 23813
Rejected Vote: 586
Total Vote Count : 24399

WINNER: PDP

LGA: OROLU
Total Registered: 39,653
Accredited: 21,182
APC : 9,928
LP: 32
PDP: 10,282
PRP: 56
SDP: 46
YPP: 51
ZLP: 20
Total Valid Vote : 41187
Rejected Vote: 737
Total Vote CAST : 41924

WINNER: PDP

L.G.A : OLORUNDA
Total No votes= 104,700
Accredited voters= 42,009

APC= 18,709
LP= 63
PDP= 21,350
Valid votes = 41,187
Rejected votes-= 737
Total votes cast= 41,924

WINNER: PDP

LGA: IFE NORTH
Total Registered: 58672
Accredited: 21774
A: 74
AAC: 70
ADP: 314
APC : 9,964
APN : 50
APP: 24
PP: 14
LP: 34
NNPP: 11
NRN: 18
PDP: 10,359
PRP: 35
SDP: 9
YPP: 30
ZLP: 10
Total Valid Vote : 21050
Rejected Vote:
Total Vote Count : 21700

WINNER: PDP

LGA: IFEDAYO
Total Registered: 19598
Accredited: 10300
A: 55
AAC: 2
ADP: 71
APC : 5,016
APN : 8
APP: 6
PP: 1
LP: 1
NNPP: 4
NRN: 4
PDP: 4,730
PRP: 10
SDP: 0
YPP: 1
ZLP: 3
Total Valid Vote : 9912
Rejected Vote: 124
Total Vote Count : 10036

WINNER: APC

LGA: IFE CENTRAL
Total Registered: 113,232
Accredited: 33,413
A:
AAC:
ADP:
APC : 17,880
APN :
APP:
PP:
LP: 134
NNPP:
NRN:
PDP: 13,532
PRP:
SDP:
YPP:
ZLP:
Total Valid Vote : 32,544
Rejected Vote: 865
Total Vote CAST : 33,409

Winner: APC

LGA: IREPODUN
Total Registered: 57,712
Accredited: 29,913
A:
AAC:
ADP:
APC : 12,122
APN :
APP:
PP:
LP: 1,886
NNPP:
NRN:
PDP: 14,369
PRP:
SDP:
YPP:
ZLP:
Total Valid Vote : 29,032
Rejected Vote: 544
Total Vote CAST : 29,576

Winner: PDP

LGA: ORIADE
Total Registered: 69,651
Accredited: 31,798
APC : 14, 189
LP: 24
PDP: 15,940
PRP:
SDP:
YPP:
ZLP:
Total Valid Vote : 30,941
Rejected Vote: 806
Total Vote CAST : 31,747

Winner: PDP

LGA: AIYEDAADE
Total Registered: 67,651
Accredited: 29,696
APC : 14,527
LP: 20
PDP: 13,380

Total Valid Vote : 28,988
Rejected Vote: 692
Total Vote CAST : 29,680

Winner: APC

LGA: OLA OLUWA
Total Registered: 37, 149
Accredited: 17,214
APC : 9,123
LP: 12
PDP: 7,205
PRP:
SDP:
YPP:
ZLP:
Total Valid Vote : 16,737
Rejected Vote: 455
Total Vote CAST : 17,192

Winner: APC

LGA: IWO
Total Registered: 90,051
Accredited: 36,591
APC : 17,421
LP: 32
PDP: 16,914
PRP:
SDP:
YPP:
ZLP:
Total Valid Vote : 35,591
Rejected Vote: 897
Total Vote CAST : 36,532

Winner: APC

L.G.A: EDE SOUTH
Total No votes= 54,872
Accredited voters=26,306

APC= 5,704
LP= 16
PDP= 19,438

Valid votes = 25,691
Rejected votes-= 546
Total votes cast =26,237

WINNER: PDP

L.G.A: ISOKAN
TOTAL REGISTERED: 53,288
Accredited voters=23,051
APC= 10,833
LP= 17
PDP= 10,777
Total votes cast = 22,987

WINNER: APC

L.G.A: EJIGBO
Total REG. VOTES: 73,750
Accredited voters= 34,387
APC= 14,355
LP= 30
PDP= 18,065
Valid votes = 33,329
Rejected votes-= 966
Total votes cast = 34,295

WINNER: PDP

L.G.A : EDE NORTH
TOTAL REGISTERED: 71,748
Accredited voters= 34,735
APC= 9,603
LP= 14
PDP= 23,931
Valid votes = 34,113
Rejected votes-= 571
Total votes cast = 34,684
WINNER: PDP

L.G.A: EGBEDORE
TOTAL REG. VOTES : 53,150
Accredited voters= 24,283
APC= 9,228
LP= 41
PDP= 13,230
Valid votes = 23,072
Rejected votes-= 377
Total votes cast = 23,449

WINNER: PDP

L.G.A: IREWOLE
TOTAL REG : 74,268
Accredited voters=34,430
APC= 18,198
LP= 17
PDP= 14,216
Valid votes = 33,315
Rejected votes-=824
Total votes cast =34,139
WINNER: APC

L.G.A : ATAKUNMOSA EAST
Total No votes= 41,027
Accredited voters=15,497
APC= 7,449
LP= 23
PDP= 6,992
Valid votes = 14,875
Rejected votes-=319
Total votes cast = 15,194

WINNER: APC

L.G.A: IFE SOUTH
TOTAL REG. VOTES : 56,706
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 22,927
APC= 12,481
LP= 28
PDP= 9,116
Valid votes = 22,326
Rejected votes-=588
Total votes cast = 22,914

WINNER: APC

L.G.A: IFE EAST
TOTAL VOTES: 114,403
Accredited voters= 41,006
APC= 19,353
LP= 65
PDP= 18,071
Valid votes = 39,125
Rejected votes-=1,486
Total votes cast = 40,611 WINNER: APC

The Supreme Court has finely served the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the Enrolment Order of its judgment in favour of Chief Edozie Njoku.

According to the document, all candidates contesting for political positions under the former National Chairman of APGA, Victor Oye are now voided.

With the latest development, Chief Edozie Njoku is the only authorised person to forward list of candidates to INEC.

The 5 Supreme Court Justices removed Chief Oye’s name as the RESPONDENT in the judgement of October 14, 2021 and replaced same with that of Chief Edozie

They also removed Oye’s name in the Enrollment Order as a RESPONDENT and replaced same with that of Chief Edozie Njoku.

Below are the documents:

(jungle Journalist)

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Friday reacted to a suit seeking to disqualify the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi, from participating in the 2023 election.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had dragged INEC to court and sought an injunction stopping Tinubu and Obi from selecting Kashim Shettima and Datti Baba-Ahmed as their running mates.

In the suit, PDP urged the court to rule that Tinubu and Obi should be disqualified if they fail to run with their initial running mates, Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe.

INEC’s Commissioner for confirmation and Education, Festus Okoye, said only the court would decide Tinubu and Obi’s disqualification from the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking on Arise TV on Friday, Okoye said INEC has not been served with the court processes.

He said; “So, I am not aware of whether we’ve been served with any document relating to any suit of the complexion that you have talked about. But let me just say that if a matter is in court, the matter is sub-judice and we are not supposed to comment on it. Secondly, when political parties submitted the names of their presidential candidates and their vice-presidential candidates, there was no provision for a placeholder in the forms they submitted.

“They submitted the forms for their presidential candidates and they submitted the forms for the vice-presidential candidates and that is the situation.

However, if you look at section 33 of the Electoral 22, it says that a political party shall not be allowed to substitute or change its candidate whose name has been submitted under section 29 of the Electoral Act, except in the case of death or withdrawal by the candidate. But it goes ahead to say that provided that in the case of such a withdrawal or death of the candidate, the political parties affected shall within the occurrence of the event hold a fresh primary election to produce and submit a fresh candidate to the commission for the election concerned.”

Initially, Tinubu had submitted Masari’s name to INEC as a placeholder ahead of the deadline for submission of running mates.

Also, Obi submitted the name of Okupe as his placeholder.

However, Tinubu and Obi substituted the initial names with Kashim Shettima and Baba-Ahmed respectively.

(Our heritage reporter)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the ongoing nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) will end on July 31, 2022.

INEC spokesperson Festus Okoye, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the decision was made at an extraordinary session which took place on Friday.

The commission had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the ongoing CVR ahead of the 2023 elections but was stopped by the order of an Abuja Federal High Court on June 20 following a suit brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

SERAP and 185 concerned Nigerians had filed the lawsuit against INEC, asking the court to “declare unconstitutional, illegal, and incompatible with international standards the failure of the electoral body to extend the deadline for voter registration to allow eligible Nigerians to exercise their rights.”

The electoral umpire said the exercise has also been extended from six hours daily to eight hours daily – from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Okoye also disclosed that INEC has extended the voter registration exercise to weekends. Until now voters can only register weekdays.

The Commission asked Nigerians to take advantage of the new two-week extension to register for their permanent voter cards (PVCs).

The Peoples Democratic Party has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prevent All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

The PDP is also asking the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates – Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.

In the originating summons with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP is seeking an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission from replacing the running mates of Tinubu and Obi.

Those listed as first to seventh respondents in the case are INEC, APC, Tinubu, Masari, Labour Party, Obi and Okupe.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has charged the electorate in Osun state to troop out en mass to cast their votes massively for Hon. Lasun Yussuff under the platform of the party in the election.

He also kicked against vote buying and charged the Osun electorate to take any money offered to them but vote for the candidates of their choice adding that the money offered was stolen from government covers and therefore belongs to them.

Obi who made the charge at the party mega rally held at WOCDIF centre, Osogbo, handed over the party flag to Hon. Yusuf as the party candidate for the coming exercise with confidence that, he would steer the ship of the party to the promised land being given the opportunity.

The presidential candidate further remarked that voting for the Labour Party governorship candidate in the exercise would be of advantage to the people of the state as Lasun is the only credible candidate among other candidates in the other political parties.

He added that whosoever votes for the Labour party candidate voted for productivity and dividends of democracy because he is a man of impeccable characteristics with dignified inexplicable managerial acumen.

Obi also described him as a thoroughly bred politician with the intimidating credentials that would deliver on the aspirations of the people of the state.

Speaking on the spate of insecurities, segregation, tribalism, nepotism and other nefarious activities that have irrigated the country, Obi said, it was the right time for Nigerians to set themselves free and vote for a better alternative that can be found in Labour Party.

According to him, “there is a need for Nigerians to be shown love and compassion which the dominant parties lacked as manifested in the way they treat the youths, the workers and the entire citizens of Nigeria.”

Also speaking, the candidate of the party, Hon. Lasun Yussuff said he is better equipped to govern Osun State because he has what it takes to govern successfully having served as deputy Speaker House of Representatives.

Lasun pointed out that, “yesterday, the APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Tinubu said, we can go and labour and die. Does a virtuous Yoruba person say such? I describe them as people of anonymous backgrounds. We don’t know them. Their life is anonymous.”

“They just want us to see that they have money. Yorubas, can money do all things? This is the seat of Oduduwa. Anybody who calls himself a Yoruba man and has refused to imbibe the ethos of Omoluabi does not fit to be a Yoruba leader. How will you tell us to go and labour and die? They are only telling our parents that they have laboured in vain.”

My father was a carpenter and my mother a kolanut trader and they trained me in school with their labour.”

“These people don’t mean well to us, by God’s grace, they will not get there. In Yoruba a poem, what was referred to as the antidote for poverty? Work! Anyone that works will labour. With this, you see that they are not intelligent yet they pretend to be because you have to work.”

I have decided to list and explain the major demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities which led to the ongoing strike which commenced on Feb 14

Only three of the demands have financial implications.

However, only two have to do with lecturers.

The payment of Earned Academic Allowance, Revitalisation Fund, the payment of withheld salaries are not negotiable.
The revitalization fund will be released to universities.

-Major demands

One of the major demands is the demand for the deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System popularly known as UTAS.

UTAS was developed after ASUU got the permission from the government to develop an alternate system to the IPPIS

According to ASUU, the IPPIS doesn’t recognize some of the peculiarities in the NUS( Nigerian University System). Note that lectures in universities are entitled to allowances such as earned allowances, sabbatical allowances among others, IPPIS doesn’t recognize this

At the height of the ASUU strike of 2020, the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige told ASUU that FG had agreed for the union to develop an alternate payment platform. UTAS was developed and according to plans, will be under the control of the NUC.

Unfortunately, the government is yet to accept UTAS despite the numerous tests conducted by NITDA. The government has continued to insist that UTAS failed integrity tests conducted by NITDA

Release of the white paper of visitation panels to Universities.
The Federal Government constituted a panel to look into the issues at various tertiary institutions in the country. It is believed that the report will help to know and understand the issues of NUS

Till now, the Federal Government has refused to release the report of the visitation panel. If released, the report may indict some VCs, officials among others

Proliferation of Universities.
Another concern of ASUU is the proliferation of universities by the government. According to ASUU, the government has no business establishing new universities if it can’t fund the existing universities.

ASUU wants to stop lawmakers who continue to present bills to create universities. According to a report , over 186 bills were presented by the 9th NASS in four years for the creation of new universities. This is as existing universities remain underfunded.

Finally, the Renegotiation of the 2009 agreement. The truth is that if the president fails to sign the new agreement that has been drawn up, the union may not resume. Truth is that university lecturers have been on the same salary scheme since 2009. Despite rising inflation.

Source: Daily News