The Independent National Electoral Commission has clarified the controversy, surrounding the election result of Ayedaade Local Government Area, during the Osun State governorship election held on Saturday.

Addressing a press conference, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, OLUSEGUN AGBAJE, insisted that, the result sheet destroyed by MUTIU SALAWU, the electoral officer for Ayedaade, contained the wrong figure.

He noted that the PDP polled 9,836 votes instead of the mistakenly-recorded 10,836 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, GBOYEGA OYETOLA, as the Governor-elect of Osun State.

The rerun of the Osun State governorship election was held in seven polling units across four council areas yesterday with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, GBOYEGA OYETOLA, beating the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, ADEMOLA ADELEKE.

Returning officer, Prof. JOSEPH FUWAPE, declared that the APC candidate, OYETOLA, won the governorship election by scoring a total number of 255,505 votes while ADELEKE of the PDP polled 255,023 votes.

This was, however, met with protests by ADELEKE, his party, the PDP, and the Coalition of United Political Parties, among others.

ADELEKE had won the main election on Saturday with 353 votes after polling 254,698 against OYETOLA’s 254,345.

On Thursday, both candidates relied on 2,637 votes in the seven units where the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared rerun to win the final contest.

The ruling All Progressives Congress has disqualified Minister of communications,ADEBAYO SHITTU from the governorship race over mandatory National Youth Service Corps scandal.

The Minister of Communication, ADEBAYO SHITTU, has been screened out of the Oyo state APC governorship primaries for not possessing the NYSC certificate.

Last week, it was widely reported the Minister’s failure to participate in the mandatory one-year scheme when he graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1978.

The National Working Committee of the APC, took the decision to screen him out based on the report of the party’s Governorship Aspirants Screening Committee.

The party has also screened out the Minister of Women Affairs, Senator AISHA ALHASSAN, from the Taraba state governorship race with no reason was given.

ALHASSAN was the party’s governorship candidate in Taraba State during the 2015 general elections.