The All Progressives Congress,
APC, in Osun State has lashed out at Dr Deji Adeleke, the father of popular
musician, Davido, for saying his brother, Senator Ademola Adeleke, won last
September’s governorship election in the State.
Deji had claimed that some
“people know his brother won the election, but was deprived of his so-called
victory by the power that be“.
In response, APC said that the
billionaire businessman was “dead wrong” by the assertion, adding that “If he
[Ademola Adeleke]actually won, he would have been governor today.
“However, the Senator is not
governor because he lost that election.”
In a statement signed and made
available to DAILY POST on Friday by its Media Director, Barr Kunle Oyatomi,
the party said, “the statement of Dr Deji Adeleke that his brother, the PDP
candidate won the election has no basis in law and in facts and should be disregarded
by all well-meaning people who believe in the rule of law and the democratic
process.
“That Deji Adeleke and some other
people desperately wished for his brother to win could not make him victorious.
“More importantly, however, is
the fact that at no time during the election process did INEC declare Senator
Ademola Adeleke winner.
“Initially, the election was
stalemated because no clear winner emerged due to serious irregularities and
violence in Orolu, Osogbo and Ife Federal constituencies, which rendered the
votes at seven polling units invalid.
“In law, when there is such a
stalemate, INEC makes the determination for a re-run election at those polling
units; especially so if the total votes in the affected units are more than
enough to upturn any advantage of either of the two leading contestants.
“The PDP candidate lost the
re-run election and therefore could not become governor. At that point the case
went to the Tribunal for legal determination.
“Although the Election Tribunal
in its judgment gave the election to the PDP, the Superior Court of Appeals and
the Supreme Court of the country made clear in their determination of the
position of the law that;
“Not only was INEC right to
declare the first election stalemated, the final outcome of the process
produced a clear winner, who is Governor Gboyega Oyetola, the APC candidate.
“So, legally and factually, the
winner was the APC candidate albeit by a narrow margin.
“Such a re-run election was not
peculiar to the state of Osun. Similar situations had occurred in some other
states before and after that of the state of Osun.
“Such situations occurred in Imo
(2011 and 2015), Anambra (2013), Taraba (2015), Abia (2015), Kogi (2015), and
Bayelsa (2015). After Osun in 2018, INEC, empowered by Electoral Law in Sec 53
(3), also in March 2019, declared inconclusive, guber elections in Bauchi,
Benue, Kano, Plateau and Sokoto.
“Winners and losers had emerged
after the re-run and the Supreme Court did uphold the outcome. The case of
Osun, therefore, is not strange.
“For Dr Deji Adeleke to still be
dreaming that his brother won the election, simply shows that he has scant
regard for the rule of law and belief in the democratic process.”
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