The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has fixed Wednesday for the hearing of the appeal filed by the Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, challenging the judgment of the state’s Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which nullified their election.
The tribunal had on March 22, 2019, in a split
decision declared Oyetola’s main rival in the September 2018 election in
the state, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as
the one validly elected as the governor.
It nullified the
certificate of return issued to Oyetola and ordered the Independent
National Electoral Commission to issue a fresh one to Adeleke.
The
tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Ibrahim Sirajo, in his minority judgment,
dissented from the majority judgment adopted by Justices Peter Obiorah
and Adegboye Gbolagunte.
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