I would’ve lost Osun election if Buhari had not signed amended Electoral Act — Adeleke

The Osun Governor- elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has confessed that he would not have won the Saturday’s election, if President Muhammadu Buhari had not approved the amended Electoral Act 2022 into law.

Adeleke while speaking on a television session appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for congratulating him on his victory saying: “I feel good on my victory because the people of Osun State have been yearning for their stolen mandate. To be the second Adeleke that would govern Osun is not common. It is only God that can do that. God smiled on me and our family. Also, when I saw President Buhari’s congratulatory message, I said this is good for our country.

“I am planning to visit him when I receive my certificate of return. Most of the time, the opposition don’t congratulate one another. So, Buhari is trying to leave a legacy. If he had not signed the Electoral Act, there would have been room for rigging because they did that to me in 2018 but with the Electoral Act now the result was just flowing in without hindrance.”

When asked if Governor Oyetola had congratulated him, he said: “I am still waiting to hear from him… a lot of people offended me but I am not God, my hands are wide open to receive everybody to move Osun State forward.

“I campaigned so hard that the economy is so bad, the roads are bad, the state capital needs to be given a facelift, and that I can do better.”

The former lawmaker dedicated his victory to his late elder brother who’s the Governor of Osun in 1992-1993.

While reacting to the margin with which he has emerged, he said: “I was even expecting more than what I got. I studied Osun people and I know what they want. From the time I have been contesting since 2017 I had a landslide victory.”