{"id":104723,"date":"2023-05-09T17:12:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104723"},"modified":"2023-05-09T17:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:17:27","slug":"breaking-supreme-court-affirms-adeleke-as-osun-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-adeleke-as-osun-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Supreme Court affirms Adeleke as Osun governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, dashing the hopes of his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>A five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal correctly reinstated Adeleke as governor following his removal by the tribunal.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe apex court, in its judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, held that the appellant failed to adduce enough evidence to prove his allegation of over-voting in the July 16, 2022 governorship poll.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment was affirmed and adopted by the entire five members of the panel.<\/p>\n<p>According to all the members of the panel, the appeal lacked merit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nLast year, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeleke winner of the Osun poll, saying he scored 403,371 votes to sack Oyetola who was the then incumbent with 375,027.<\/p>\n<p>However, Oyetola and his party alleged irregularities in the polls and challenged Adeleke\u2019s victory at the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>Respite came for the former governor on January 27, 2023 as Justice Tertse Kume who gave the majority judgement upturned Adeleke\u2019s victory and declared Oyetola the winner of the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Kume held that Oyetola scored the majority lawful votes of 314,931 against Adeleke\u2019s 290,266.<\/p>\n<p>But not satisfied with the judgement, Adeleke and the PDP headed to the Court of Appeal, which on March 24 nullified the tribunal judgment and returned Adeleke as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>This ultimately forced Oyetola to take the case to the Supreme Court.<\/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 Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the election of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, dashing the hopes of his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola. 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