The court of appeal in Abuja has fixed Friday to deliver
judgement in an appeal by Ademola Adeleke seeking to affirm his election as
Osun state governor.
The court had reserved judgment after hearing submissions in
the suit on March 13.
In the appeal marked CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023, Adeleke is the
appellant while Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are
first and second respondents.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP are also joined as the third and fourth respondents in the suit.
In a judgment delivered on January 27, the Osun governorship
petition tribunal sacked Adeleke and affirmed Oyetola as the duly elected
governor of the state.
Two of the three-member panel held that Oyetola was able to
prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.
Adeleke had rejected the judgment, describing it as “a
miscarriage of justice” and “an unfair interpretation against the will of
majority of voters”.
In the 31 grounds of appeal, Adeleke is praying the court
for “an order setting aside the whole decision of the tribunal”.
He is also seeking “an order striking out the petition for
want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing
the petition on the merit”.
Adeleke submitted that the tribunal exhibited bias when it
said: “The second respondent cannot ‘go lo lo lo lo’ and ‘buga won’ as the duly
elected governor of Osun state.”
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