Oyetola wins Osun APC governorship primary ..SEE DETAILS

Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola has been declared the winner of the Osun All Progressives Congress governorship primary , ahead of the Sept . 22 election in the state .
In the direct primary which held today , he polled 127 , 017 votes as against House of Representatives deputy speaker Yusuf Lasun who scored 21, 000. Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly Nojeem Salaam came third.
Oyetola , a participant in the June 12 struggle , has been Gov Aregbesola ’ s chief of staff since 2010.
Announcing the results at about 10 : 45 pm on Friday at the party ’ s secretariat in Osogbo Sen . Ovie Omo - Agege said Oyetola , scored 127 , 017 votes .
Omo - Agege , who represented Gov . Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, the Chairman of the Election Committee , said that Mr Lasun Yussuff , Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives came second with 21, 975 votes .
“ Having won the majority votes , I declared Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola as the official flag bearer for the Sept . 22 governorship election, ” Omo - Agege said .
He commended all other aspirants for displaying maturity during the exercise.
Omo - Agege , who described the election as a family contest. said there was no victor and no vanquished .
The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) reports that the direct primary was conducted in 332 wards across the state .
The late arrival of election materials and absence of electoral officials delayed the exercise in some of the wards visited .
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) , who monitored the exercise in Iwo, Ejigbo , Ikire and Gbongan, reports that many party members waited for hours at their wards to be accredited for the exercise.
At ward 2 , Molete in Iwo Local Government as at 1 : 30 pm , party members were still waiting for electoral officials .
Mr Semiu Akanji, a party member , said he had been on the queue since 8: 30 am .
” We were told that the exercise will start by 8: 00am but to our surprise , we are still waiting for electoral officials as at 1 : 30 pm ” , Akanji said .
Mr Adelere Oriolowo , an aspirant , described the late arrival of the election material as worrisome.
Oriolowo said preparation for the direct primary as announced by the party leadership was too short .
Another aspirant , Mr Kunle Rasheed Adegoke , also complained of non- availability of election materials in his ward 3 in Olorunda Local Government , Osogbo .
At Salvation Army School , Alekuwodo, ward 5 , Osogbo , voters waited vainly for the electoral register until about 4 : 00 pm .
Among the 17 aspirants who contested for the party ’ s ticket , several withdrew at the last minute.
They were Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, who is the Secretary to State Government , Sen . Babajide Omoworare , representing Osun East at the Senate and Mr Peter Babalola, Chairman of State Civil Service Commission.