Victorious Adeleke Delighted by Tinubu’s Call, Reaffirms Support for 2027 Re-election

Fresh off his victory in the August 15 governorship poll, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke praised President Bola Tinubu for guaranteeing a transparent election.

Addressing a news conference on Sunday shortly after INEC declared his re-election, Adeleke thanked the President and doubled down on his commitment to endorse Tinubu for a second term in 2027.

“At this point, I must deeply appreciate Mr. President, His Excellency Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his strong support for a free and fair election.

“Mr. President is a son of Osun State, and I hereby reaffirm my earlier endorsement of him for a second term in the 2027 presidential election,” Adeleke said.

The governor had previously endorsed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election, despite being a member of the People’s Democratic Party before defecting to the Accord Party ahead of the Osun governorship election.

PerSecondNews had reported that Adeleke was declared the winner of the election at about 7:24 am on Sunday by the State Returning Officer, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti.

The Accord Party candidate polled 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who scored 444,815 votes.

Adeleke won 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji won 11. The African Democratic Congress candidate, Najeem Salaam, came third with 17,180 votes.

The result secured Adeleke a second term after he was elected governor in 2022 on the platform of the PDP before moving to the Accord Party for the 2026 election.

Adeleke had earlier on Sunday, thanked Tinubu for calling to congratulate him on his victory and said he expected Oyebamiji to also call and congratulate him.

“Yes. This is no victor, no vanquished. I want them to come over. I am expecting Oyebamiji to even, as a civilised person, to call me and congratulate me,” he said.

“And of course, I want to seize this opportunity to thank Mr. President. Mr. President has called me and he has congratulated me. And I thank you, Mr. President, for making sure democracy lives on, because you fought for it.”