The Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Mr Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola, on Friday won the governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The results were announced by one of the members of the electoral committee of the governorship primary, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
At press time on Friday, results from 28 out of the 30 local governments in the state had been declared with Oyetola winning in 27 overwhelmingly.
Omo-Agege held the fort for the chairman of the electoral committee, Governor Abubakar Yari who left before the conclusion of the announcement.
Yari had at about 6.15 pm left the secretariat of the APC in Osun State, located on Gbongan-Ibadan expressway in company of the Oyo State governor, Senator Isiaka Ajimobi, his Osun State counterpart, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Niyi Adebayo.
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