Osun Election Peace Call: Oyebamiji Urges Calm After Adeleke Victory
Last update: August 22, 2026
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Just 24 hours after Governor Ademola Adeleke showed his Certificate of Return at the Villa, his main challenger walked into the same building with a very different message: stop the attacks.
The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Osun governorship poll, Bola Oyebamiji, met President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday and used the opportunity to call for peace.
Speaking to State House correspondents, Oyebamiji said five people were assaulted in his hometown, Ikire, in Irewole Local Government Area that same morning. According to cbinews.tv, he wants Governor Adeleke to prevail on his supporters.
Oyebamiji said it is important for the governor to talk to his people because violence against APC members is not good and everyone needs to be on the same page. He confirmed that security operatives have been informed and added that the APC is still reviewing the result before taking a formal position.
INEC declared Adeleke winner of the 16 August poll with 511,067 votes to Oyebamiji’s 444,815 votes, a margin of 66,252. Adeleke won 19 of the 30 local government areas while Oyebamiji took 11.
The twist is that Adeleke, who first won in 2022 under the Peoples Democratic Party, contested and won this time under the Accord Party after his much-publicised switch, making him the first governor in recent Osun history to secure a second term on a different platform.
Osun has always been a swing state and post-election tension is not new here. The 2022 and 2026 cycles were both marked by allegations of vote buying, thuggery and heated rhetoric in the final weeks.
Adeleke has now responded in a conciliatory tone. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in Osogbo on Friday, and monitored by cbinews.tv, he described Oyebamiji’s peace call as a positive tone after weeks of heated campaigning.
Adeleke said his administration never subscribed to violence, that he personally restrained supporters from retaliation, and that the Accord Party lost 15 members with 20 injured during the build-up.
He insisted his supporters have not and will not attack APC members, adding that elections have come and gone and the task now is governance. He also invited Gboyega Oyetola, Oyebamiji and other opposition leaders to join hands to move Osun forward.
The take-home is simple. Both camps are now preaching calm. What Osun needs next is exactly that.
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