The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has hailed the verdict of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal,
which on Friday declared the party’s candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke as the
winner of the Sept. 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun.
A statement issued by PDP
National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan described the judgment as a
victory for democracy and the will of the people.
Ologbondiyan said that the
judgment was a clear indicator that no matter how evil and injustice appeared
to thrive, the truth must always prevail at the end of the day.
“Nigerians have accepted
democracy as a way of life and a form of government that suits the
multi-plurality of our nation.
“The spontaneous jubilation that
greeted this judgment is, therefore, a direct indication that it is in
consonant with the wishes and aspiration of Nigerians across the board.
“For those who have been
desperate to destroy our democracy, this judgment has proven to them that their
shenanigans will always come to no avail,’’ Ologbondiyan said.
He commended the judiciary for
standing upright in the defence of democracy.
“This verdict, which reverberates
across our nation, points to the fact that the truth will always prevail.
“It is also an indication that
our party, the PDP, will recover all our stolen mandates in the 2019 general
elections, particularly, the Presidential mandate, which Nigerians freely gave
to our candidate, Abubakar.
“Furthermore, all our candidates
who have already won their elections, but whose victories are being manipulated
by anti-democratic forces, must take solace in the words of the Osun election
petition panel.
“The solace is that once valid
votes have been declared and a winner emerges by a majority of votes, a rerun
is illegal.’’
He congratulated Adeleke, the people
of Osun as well as all lovers of democracy across the country for the triumph
of justice.
The Osun State Governorship
Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja had on Friday declared Adeleke
winner.
The three-member panel said
during its ruling that the rerun election that held on Sept. 27, 2018, was
illegal.
The tribunal, therefore, deducted
the votes scored by the APC candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, in the rerun after
declaring the rerun illegal.
The tribunal said Adeleke won the
election at the first ballot on Sept. 22 and the rerun that INEC devised to
reach a final conclusion a week later was illegal.
“The declaration of Oyetola is
null and void,” the tribunal ruled in a majority decision with one member
dissenting.
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