The decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal has been overturned by the Court of Appeal in Abuja and maintained the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor of the state.
An Election Petition Tribunal had earlier dismissed Adeleke from office, following the gubernatorial elections in the state, stating that the People`s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate failed to score the majority of lawful votes during the July 16 governorship polls.
The Court of Appeal quashed the tribunal’s judgement in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as the rightful governor of Osun State.
The tribunal’s order which directed that a Certificate of Return be withdrawn from Adeleke and issued to his predecessor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Gboyega Oyetola was revoked by the Appeal Court.
The panel held that the APC didn’t prove their case in any way and was wrong to have said that there was overvoting, a claim that only relied on the evidence by Oyetola and the APC
Additionally, the judge stated that the failure of APC and Oyetola failed to go through the voter register and only relied on data from the backend server, thus, the voters register forms the foundation of the whole electoral process and as such, cannot strengthen their allegations of over voting.
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The court awarded the sum of N500,000 against the All Progressive Congress, and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.
