Nigerians on social media have
reacted to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the appeal by Senator Ademola
Adeleke challenging the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the
Osun State governorship election.
In the
lead judgement by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, the apex court declared that the
absence of the judge who read the majority decision of the election tribunal
made the judgement a nullity.
The judge upheld the decision of
the Court of Appeal that the proper thing to have done in the absence of
Justice Peter Obiorah was to start the entire trial afresh.
However, Nigerians, who took to
their Twitter handles to react to the development, wrote the following:
@Fredbardy, “Appeal dismissed.
Tribunal judgment a nullity.feedeepee: Democracy under threat.Congrats ndi Osun
State.”
@Sunnyokorie9, “I knew it when I
saw the news yesterday that police beefed up security in Osun. This is the kind
of judgement you get under buhari.”
@Chukwu_chukwi, “Just because the
ruling party won doesn’t make the election rigged, still doesn’t make the
election free and fair if the opposition wins.”
@Ogbosjnr, “The ex dancing
Senator (@IsiakaAdeleke1) of Ede can now dance his way to the Hague, as the
Supreme Court moments ago struck out his appeal against Governor
@GboyegaOyetola of State of the Osun.”
@Kauzone2260, “Lol. Our judiciary
though.Supreme Court ruling leaves us with no hopes. #OyetolaWins #Osun.”
@Veldowu, “I hope Gov Oyetola
will be more focus now and provide positive development to the good people of
Osun State.”
@olubamzy, “How to win at supreme
court:
“1 Ask a Judge to be absent at
one sitting
“2 Ask him to deliver judgement
“3. Use this as a technical fault
at the appeal
“4. Get victory at the appeal
“Why should osun folks pay for
the negligence of a Judge?”
@Oramigbebi, “Rather than seek
for the dissolution or amendments of the section of the electoral act wich lead
to the lacunal elective officer’s use to toy with our choices as a people,your
tweets choses to abuse the Apex court for no wrong doing.OSUN/SUPREME
COURT/ADELEKE.”
@Intel_avatar, “With the Supreme
Court declaring @GboyegaOyetola as governor of Osun, how market @OfficialPDPNig
? Or is your party in ‘cifia pains’?”
@poetgonecrazy, “@atiku should
just forget about his own case… Osun state was day light robbery and the
Supreme Court chose to choose a man who the whole world knows didn’t win the
election.”
@Mrboons, “I pity the dancing
senator. Wasted money, lost his senatorial seat infact lost his political
relevance in the state of Osun and in Nigeria. @iam_Davido sorry for your
lost.”
@marvin_omorogbr, “I’m really sad
about S.C judgment on Osun’s election. But the law is the law. Fair hearing is
a fundamental issue. To think that the final decision came down to whether one
man was present or absent in one of the Tribunal’s proceedings. Thousands of
votes rendered invalid. Sad.”
@Idahidah19, “Thanks to God.
That’s victory to the next level programme and stability to governance of Osun
State.”
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