Osun State’s governorship election entered its decisive phase on Sunday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the final results from all 30 local government areas, collated at the electoral body’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital. With collation nearing closure, attention has sharply turned to the candidate of the Accord Party, Ademola Adeleke, whose vote haul has placed him on course for declaration as the next governor of Osun. The outcome of the collation exercise is being closely watched by political parties and stakeholders, many of whom had spent the past day monitoring the counting and transfer of results from polling units across the state.
According to a breaking update from Premium Times, INEC officials at Osogbo presented the final results for the 30 local government areas, confirming that the process has reached the stage where the election’s winner can be officially announced. In the same report, Adeleke—who is also the sitting governor of Osun—was described as the candidate “set to be declared” winner, following the pattern of votes emerging from the collation centres.
Earlier during the day, INEC’s collation process had already indicated Adeleke’s growing dominance. This trend was reinforced by a separate report from THISDAYLIVE, which stated that with about 95% of results uploaded, Adeleke was in an “unassailable lead.” The same account indicated that the incumbent governor was comfortably ahead of opponents as INEC began processing results from the governorship election held on Saturday. The report framed the lead as sufficiently large to challenge the remaining results to overturn the outcome.
Figures presented across the election updates showed how decisively Adeleke was winning across different local government areas. THISDAYLIVE reported that Adeleke swept 19 of the 30 local governments in what it described as a landslide, while his political rival—Oyebamiji—recorded victory in 11 local governments. The distribution of wins across the state was portrayed as evidence of broad-based support rather than narrow regional dominance, a point that parties and observers often regard as critical in governorship contests.
As results continued to filter in, notable wins and losses in individual local government areas were also highlighted in live updates. While detailed final tallies by area were still being processed, election watchers documented the momentum from collation centres as it shifted in Adeleke’s favour. Among the developments flagged by Premium Times was that the Accord Party had won Iwo Local Government Area with a wide margin, reflecting the strength of Adeleke’s performance in key electoral zones. At the same time, the same breaking update indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won Obokun Local Government Area, underscoring that other parties still achieved pockets of success even as the overall race tilted to Adeleke.
Supporters’ confidence rose alongside the collation updates, with political actors and public figures interpreting the unfolding numbers. In one widely shared social media reaction captured by PUNCH, Afrobeats star David Adeleke—popularly known as Davido—claimed that his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, was leading in the election. Davido also called for security agencies to remain deployed at electoral locations, linking the push for victory to the need for calm and order as counting and collation progressed. The social media commentary reflected how deeply the election outcomes were being followed beyond formal political circles, particularly given the governor’s profile and the public attention the race attracted.
Meanwhile, the broader political narrative during the collation phase included expectations about voting patterns from different senatorial and political blocs. In live updates from THISDAYLIVE, stakeholders were quoted suggesting that Adeleke could hold an advantage in the Osun-West Senatorial District, where he won massively in 2022. Observers also noted that the APC candidate—who hails from the same district—could create a split in votes cast, implying that the contest would depend not only on party loyalty but also on how local support networks translated into votes across polling units.
Throughout the day, Adeleke was also reported to have expressed confidence during the election’s sorting and collation stage. In live coverage from THISDAYLIVE, the governor was said to have voiced assurance of victory after participating in the voting process at his polling unit in Ede North Local Government Area. That statement, reported alongside other election-day developments, reinforced the position that Adeleke’s camp anticipated a favourable outcome even as INEC continued to reconcile results across the state.
With INEC having now announced the final results for all 30 local government areas, the remaining steps are mainly procedural—moving from collation completion to the formal declaration of the winner. The process at INEC headquarters in Osogbo suggests that the commission is concluding verification and consolidation of figures received from the local government collation centres. For political parties, the final declaration will determine who takes over the governorship mantle after the Saturday election.
As the state waits for the official pronouncement, the reports indicate a clear direction: Adeleke has accumulated the highest votes and is widely expected to be declared winner based on the collation outcome. For the APC, while isolated local government wins such as Obokun were recorded, the overall pattern of votes suggests the party may have struggled to match the breadth of support Adeleke demonstrated across much of Osun.
Until INEC issues the final declaration, political actors are likely to keep monitoring the collation room outcomes and any official adjustments. However, with final local government results already announced at INEC headquarters in Osogbo and multiple outlets describing Adeleke’s lead as decisive, the election appears poised to end with the Accord Party candidate securing victory in the #OsunDecides2026 governorship race.
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