Breaking: APC Announces What They Will Do Next Over Adeleke's Osun 2026 Victory
- The APC in Osun said it is studying the results of Saturday's governorship election before deciding its next step
- The party urged its members to remain calm and warned them not to react to any provocative behaviour from the ruling party
- INEC declared Governor Adeleke the winner with 511,067 votes against APC's Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has said it will pursue every legal avenue available to it following Saturday's governorship election, which ended in a victory for the incumbent.
In a statement released on Sunday in Osogbo, the party's Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, said the APC leadership was still reviewing the election results and would seek professional advice from its legal team before announcing a definitive course of action.
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APC insists the process is not over
Olabisi said the party views an election as a process that does not end on polling day but extends through tribunals and the courts.
"An election cannot be said to have been concluded without exploring all constitutionally allowed legal opportunities to correct anomalies observed in the process, as enshrined in the Electoral Act 2026, as amended," he said.
The party described INEC's declaration of the governorship result as a new development in Osun's political history but insisted it would not be pushed to act outside the rule of law. It assured members that "it is not over until it is over."
APC raises concern over safety of its members
Beyond the legal question, the party also raised an alarm over the reported harassment of its members. It appealed to the Nigeria Police Force to step in and protect APC supporters who, according to Olabisi, were being "needlessly molested" by members of the ruling party across the state.
Members were urged to stay calm, avoid provocations, and go about their normal activities while the party consulted its lawyers.
"The current situation in the political history of the state is a passing phase which will soon become part of history, as justice shall be done accordingly," the statement added.
How the election ended
INEC declared Governor Ademola Adeleke the winner of the election in the early hours of Sunday after he polled 511,067 votes. His closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC, received 444,815 votes. The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Najeem Salaam, finished a distant third with 17,180 votes.
The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, announced the results at the INEC collation centre. He confirmed that the total number of valid votes cast stood at 985,079, with 20,721 ballots rejected, bringing the overall votes cast to 1,005,800.
Osun poll: Adeleke's wife hails victory
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun State was re-elected for a second term, with his wife, Ambassador Erelu Ngozi Abeni Adeleke, publicly celebrating the outcome on Sunday, August 16.
In a message shared via her official Instagram account, @officialerelungoziadeleke, the governor's wife congratulated her husband on what she described as a "well-deserved victory," expressing deep gratitude to the people of Osun State for their support at the polls.
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