HeadlineOsun Guber: Adeleke Loses As S’Court Affirms Gov. Oyetola’s Election

Osun Guber: Adeleke Loses As S’Court Affirms Gov. Oyetola’s Election

SAN FRANCISCO, July 05, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2018 Osun governorship election bringing an end to the issue.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Oyetola winner of the election after a rerun in September 2018.

Dissatisfied with INEC’s declaration, Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, filed a petition against at the tribunal.

Glo

The tribunal declared Adeleke winner of the election in March but Gboyega appealed the verdict of the tribunal.

In May, the appeal court gave judgement in favour of the APC candidate and set aside the entire proceedings of the tribunal. It said the panel was not well constituted.

Dissatisfied, Adeleke appealed to the Apex court seeking to affirm the ruling of the tribunal and set aside that of the Appeal Court.

In a ruling delivered at the apex court on Friday, five of the seven judges on the panel agreed with the judgement which favoured of Oyetola while two disagreed.

About the Author

Homepage | Recent Posts

More like this
Related

Insurgency: NGO Trains 59 Traditional Rulers, Others On Inclusion Of Survivors, Deradicalised Women

March 29, (THEWILL)- A non-governmental organisation has trained...

Tinubu Appoints Abdullahi Bello New Chairman Of Code Of Conduct Bureau

March 28, (THEWILL)- President Bola Tinubu has approved the...