An election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke of the PDP, winner of the Osun governorship election which held on Saturday, September 22, 2018.
APC’s Gboyega Oyetola was declared winner of the election after the rerun conducted on Thursday, September 27.
The Justice Ibrahim Sirajo-led three-man bench began delivering judgment on the case at 10.33am on Friday, March 22, 2019.ADVERTISING
L-R: Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, APC governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, and President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyetola is hosted at the villa after his election win (Presidency)
The election petition tribunal cancelled the results of 17 polling units, deducting 2,227 votes from the APC and 1,246 votes from the PDP.
The tribunal also ruled against the APC and INEC on non-recording of votes. At the end of proceedings, the tribunal established that the rerun election was unlawful.
A tale of an inconclusive election
Prof. Joseph Afuwape, Returning Officer for the Sept. 22 Osun governorship election, declared the poll inconclusive on September 23.
Afuwape, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), had announced that while Adeleke scored 254,698 votes, Oyetola polled 254, 345 votes.
Adeleke had won in the first ballot.
