The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday hinted that the party had already commenced consultation with its legal team over the outcome of Saturday’s governorship poll, which the party lost to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord party.

It is recalled that Adeleke, who is the candidate of Accord, defeated his closest rival in the APC, Bola Oyebamiji, popularly known as AMBO by polling 511,067 votes, while the opposition garnered 444,815 ballots.

However, in a press statement by its director of media and information, Kola Olabisi, the APC explained that it was studying the results of the governorship election in each of the 332 wards across the state.

Olabisi noted the party knows that election is a process which begins at the registration of the voters through the primary election to the election proper which extends to the Tribunal, the Appeal Court and terminates at the Supreme Court.

The statement reads, “An election cannot be said to have been concluded without having explored all these constitutionally allowed legal opportunity to correct anomalies observed in the process of the election as enshrined in the Electoral Act 2026 as amended.

While commending the steadfastness and loyalty of its members and supporters for their contributions before and during the election, Olabisi said the party would explore the window allowed by the extant Electoral Act after the due consultation with the team of lawyers based on their professional advice.

“The new development is a beauty of democracy with reference to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s declared governorship election results in the state which would not propel us to deviate from embracing the culture of the rule of law.

“As a result of the foregoing, we are imploring our ever loyal members and supporters to remain cool and calm while they carry on with their businesses and refuse to respond to any provocative action or inaction from any of the members of the ruling party across the state.

“While we are appealing to the Nigeria Police Force to come to the aid and rescue of our members and supporters who are being needlessly molested by the ruling party, we are assuring them that we won’t have any cause or reason to abandon them, “the statement concluded.