BREAKING: Appeal Court Finally Delivers Judgement On Osun Gov Election
Report reaching Mouthpiece NG news room says the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed the election of Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress as Osun state Governor.
INEC had declared Oyetola and the APC the winner of the Osun State governorship election on the basis of the cumulative results of the September 22, 2018 main election and the September 27, 2018 supplementary poll.
It should be recalled that A five- man panel led by Justice Jummai Sankey had, on April 24 , heard three appeals and a cross -appeal filed in relation to the Osun State governorship election and reserved its judgments on the appeal.
With Justice Sankey presiding , other members of the appeal panel which heard the four appeals were Justices Abubakar Yahaya , George Mbaba , Isaiah Akeju and Bitrus Sanga.
At the hearing on April 24, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State, his party, the All Progressives Congress , and the Independent National Electoral Commission urged the court to upturn the March 22 , 2019 majority judgment of the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal , which nullified the governor’ s victory at the September 2018 poll.
But the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, who were declared the winner of the election by the tribunal, urged the Court of Appeal to affirm the tribunal’s judgment .
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