The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has lost the presidential election in his state of origin, Osun state the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who narrowly won Tinubu.
Atiku won in 20 local government areas with a total of 354,366 votes to defeat his closest rival, an Iragbiji-born Tinubu, who scored 343,945 votes and won in 10 local governments.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, came third in the race with a total of 23,283 votes followed by Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) who scored 713 votes.
According to the INEC State Collation Officer, Folashade Ogunsola, the total votes cast in the state stands at 756744 out of which a total of 733,203 votes were considered valid votes and a total of 23,541 votes were rejected.
