INEC issues Certificate of Return to Adeleke, Osun governor-elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued certificate of Return to Senator Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of Osun State.

The presentation was made at the INEC office in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday.

Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared the winner of Osun governorship election, held last Saturday, across the state, by INEC.

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He beat the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was seeking a re-election for second term.

Section 71 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2022, gives INEC the liberty of up to 14 days after an election before issuing the winner with a return certificate. The section reads, “A sealed certificate of return at an election in a prescribed form shall be issued within 14 days to every candidate who has been returned by the returning officer in an election under this Act.”