President Bola Tinubu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, five days after the governor won re-election in the state.
Adeleke arrived at the State House at about 5:20 p.m. and proceeded straight to the President’s office, where he presented his Certificate of Return to the president.
The engagement is the first known meeting between Tinubu and Adeleke at the Villa since the Osun governor’s election and comes shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him winner of the August 15 governorship poll.
Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes.
The 66,252-vote margin gave Adeleke victory in a closely fought contest in which he won 19 of the state’s 30 local government areas, while Oyebamiji secured 11.
Adeleke secured his second term on the platform of the Accord Party, having won his first term in 2022 as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Despite his defection to the Accord Party, the Osun PDP backed his re-election bid and directed its members and supporters to support his candidacy.
Adeleke had also indicated that he would visit the Presidential Villa with his Certificate of Return after his electoral victory.
The governor received the certificate from INEC on Wednesday, formally confirming his mandate for another four years.
