The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a five-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Emmanuel Agim, held that the Court of Appeal correctly reinstated Adeleke as governor.
This is coming after the ex-governor of the state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, approached the apex court following an earlier ruling of the Court of Appeal.
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Recall that the appellant court had on the 25th of March, affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the July 16, 2022 governorship election.
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The Appeal Court had in its judgement, set aside an earlier judgment by the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which ruled in favour of Oyetola and sacked Adeleke.
Oyetola and APC who were displeased with the Court of Appeal’s ruling, approached the Supreme Court with claims of over-voting in the governorship election in the state.