ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as Governor of the State.
The Appellate Court however, affirmed Adeleke as the winner of the State’s governorship election held in July, 2022.
In his judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of Justices held that the Tribunal erred when it ruled that the respondents proved their allegation of over-voting in the governorship election.
The respondents 1st and 2nd respondents are Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
It would be recall that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in January held that Oyetola was able to prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.
Consequently, the majority judgment of the Tribunal ordered INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Adeleke and issue a fresh one to Oyetola as the duly elected Governor of Osun instead.
But, dissatisfied with the ruling of the Tribunal, Adeleke appealed the judgment at the Court of Appeal.