The Osun State Election Tribunal headed by Justice Elizabeth Ipejime today declared, Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the winner of the August 2014 governorship election in the state.
Aregbesola had defeated Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senator Iyiola Omisore in a highly contested election.
Aregbesola defeated Omisore with a large margin of about 100,000 votes.
Aregbesola defeated Omisore with a large margin of about 100,000 votes.
Aregbesola scored 392, 284 votes to the 292, 742 ballots that Omisore got.
Omisore had however decided to contest the results at the tribunal.
When Justice Elizabeth Ipejime read out her verdict both canddidates were absent and were represented by party agents.
Engineer Rauf Aregbesola is a Nigerian politician who ran for governor of Osun State in the 2007 elections for the first time, this will be his second term in office.
