Chief of staff to Rauf Aregbesola, governor of Osun state, Mr. Isiaka Oyetola, has won the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
He secured 127,017 votes to defeat Yusuf Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, who secured 21,975 votes.
Najeem Salam, speaker of the Osun state house of assembly, came a distant third with 17, 958 votes.
Seventeen aspirants indicated interest in the exercise at the beginning but Moshood Adeoti, secretary to the state government, and Babajide Omoware, senator representing Osun east, and Peter Babalola, chairman of the state civil service commission, withdrew from the exercise.
Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta central, announced the result on behalf of Abdulaziz Yari, chairman of the primary committee.
“Having won the majority votes, I declare Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola as the APC official flag bearer for the September 22 governorship election,” Omo-Agege said.