The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday 24th March, 2023, set aside the judgement of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal which annulled the victory of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party during the July 16, 2022, Osun State Governorship election.
The Osun Election Tribunal had annulled Ademola Adeleke’s victory and affirmed Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress as the authentic winner of the gubernatorial poll.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had returned Adeleke as the winner of the poll. INEC said Adeleke polled 403,371 votes to defeat then-incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC, who got 375,027 votes. But Oyetola and the APC rejected the result of the poll and headed for the tribunal.
In its January 27, 2023 majority verdict, the Justice Tertse Kume-led Osun Election tribunal annulled Ademola Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola the winner of the poll.
Not pleased with the verdict, Adeleke and the PDP headed for the Court of Appeal.
The Court of Appeal heard the appeal on March 13 and reserved its judgment.
But the Court of Appeal today Friday 24th March, 2023, set aside the tribunal’s judgement.