Osun Decides 2026: Accord Party Floors APC in Ife Central With 67 Votes
Last update: August 15, 2026
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It is not the biggest number you will see today, but it is a telling one. In the heart of Ile Ife, Accord has just taken Ife Central, beating the APC hands down at a polling unit where more than 500 people registered but less than 100 showed up.
And Ife has spoken early.
The Accord Party has emerged victorious in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State, polling 67 votes in the ongoing governorship election.
Voting, which started in the morning, wrapped up at about 2.30 pm at the polling location, with officials moving straight to counting and announcement on the spot.
Accord Party polled 67 votes to emerge as the clear leader. The All Progressives Congress came second with 22 votes while the African Action Congress and the African Democratic Congress managed just one vote each.
What jumps out is not just who won but who did not turn up. According to the Presiding Officer, 528 voters were registered at that particular polling unit, but the actual turnout was significantly lower. That means less than 20 percent participation at that location, which tells a story of voter apathy that INEC has been battling nationally.
Ife Central is not just any LGA. Ile Ife is the cradle of the Yoruba race, home to the Ooni's Palace and Obafemi Awolowo University and historically a politically sophisticated and fiercely independent voting bloc. In the 2018 governorship rerun, Ife was central to the controversies that trailed the election. In 2022, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who is now contesting on the Accord platform, won Ife zone convincingly, so this early win for Accord in Ife Central fits that historical voting pattern.
Statewide, INEC says 1,906,390 voters collected their PVCs across Osun's 30 LGAs and are eligible to vote today. But if this unit in Ife Central is anything to go by, collection does not always translate to turnout.
The result from Ife Central will now form part of the larger collation as results trickle in from across the state.
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