{"id":103843,"date":"2023-03-24T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=103843"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:10:03","slug":"breaking-appeal-court-reinstates-adeleke-as-osun-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-appeal-court-reinstates-adeleke-as-osun-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Appeal court reinstates Adeleke as Osun governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of justices held that the election tribunal erred when it ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress) proved their allegation of over-voting.<\/p>\n<p>According to the panel of judges which issued its verdict on Friday, Adeleke is the duly elected governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Osun governorship election tribunal, in January, held that Oyetola was able to prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nConsequently, 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.<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfied with the ruling, Adeleke appealed the judgment at the court of appeal.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state. 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