By BREAKING! APC REJECTS TRIBUNAL’S PRONOUNCEMENT OF ADELEKE AS WINNER OF OSUN GUBER ELECTION
As aftermath of the Election Petition Tribunal verdict that moments ago, declared Senator Adeleke the winner of the September 22, 2018 governorship election in the state, the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun state has declared its rejection of the verdict in favour of PDP’s Adeleke.
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According to the party in a statement issued by the party’s Director of publicity, Kunle Oyatomi in osogbo, the verdict cannot stand superior legal scrutiny and will be appealed by the party.
”The verdict cannot stand superior legal scrutiny. Therefore we will appeal against it,” He said.
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja had declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as the bonafide winner of the governorship election that was held in the state in September.
The tribunal, in a two-to-one judgment, held that Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was not the valid winner of both the September 22 and 27 re-run elections.
It nullified the Certificate of Return the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, issued to Oyetola, even as it awarded a cost of 200,000.00 against him and the APC.
In the lead verdict that was delivered by Justice Peter Obiora, the tribunal held that the State Returning Officer of INEC that cancelled results of seven polling units in four LGAs of the state, which led to the September 27 re-run poll, had no power to do so.
It therefore invalidated the outcome of the re-run election.
