Results trickling in from Osun west senatorial district show that Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leading in Saturday’s by-election.
Unofficial results show that Adeleke swept the two local councils in his home town of Ede. He also won Egbedore and Ola Oluwa local councils.
Projections in other local councils also appear to show that he is coasting home to victory.
His victory, if confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, will be a big blow to Rauf Aregbesola, governor of the state, less than two years to the end of his tenure, amid permutations for the 2018 governorship election.
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“Although collation is on, projections are not favourable for our candidate, even as we await results from some units,” NAN quoted a stalwart of Aregbesola as saying.
Adeleke had wanted to run on the APC platform but lost out.
He was initially cleared for the election by the ruling party and his opponent, Mudashir Hussain disqualified because of the allegation that he failed to resign his commissionership position.
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But the national working committee of the party later overturned Hussain’s disqualification and cleared him to contest in the primary election.
Adeleke, believing that he would be outsmarted in the scheduled primary, defected to the PDP.
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