The upset came just days after both political heavyweights publicly endorsed APC governorship candidate Bola Oyebamiji ahead of the Osun governorship election.
At Oyinlola’s polling unit in Court Hall I, Okuku, Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Accord emerged the clear winner with 125 votes, according to the result sheet uploaded by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on its IReV portal.
The APC, despite Oyinlola’s backing of its candidate, managed 85 votes, finishing 40 votes behind Accord.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) polled five votes, while the African Action Congress (AAC) secured two votes. The Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) each recorded one vote.
Several other parties, including the Action Alliance (AA), Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Peoples Party (APP), Boot Party (BP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), failed to record a single vote.
The result sheet showed that 228 voters were accredited, with 220 valid votes cast and eight ballots rejected.
Oyinlola, who governed Osun State between 2003 and 2010, cast his vote at the same polling location.
Omisore’s Polling Unit Also Falls To Accord
The political shock was replicated at the polling unit of Omisore, a former Osun deputy governor and prominent APC chieftain.
At PU 003, Ife Ward 1, Moore, St Gabriel Primary School, Ife East LGA, Accord again defeated the APC by a wide margin.
According to the INEC IReV result sheet, Accord secured 131 votes, while the APC polled 85 votes.
The ADC recorded 10 votes.
The results have triggered political interest because both Oyinlola and Omisore had publicly thrown their weight behind Oyebamiji just days before the election.
Oyinlola, who ruled Osun from 2003 to 2010, endorsed the APC candidate despite his long political history outside the ruling party’s fold.
But the results from the two political heavyweights’ polling units have raised fresh questions about the extent to which their endorsements translated into votes for the APC candidate at the grassroots.
With Accord sweeping both polling units, the outcome represents an embarrassing setback for the APC in two locations where its campaign would have expected a strong showing.
