Tribunal Sacks Davido’s Uncle Ademola Adeleke As Osun Governor

Tribunal has sacked Davido‘s uncle Ademola Adeleke as Osun Governor.

Newsone reports that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has upturned the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the July 16, 2022 governorship polls.

This online news platform understands that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adegboyega Oyetola had petitioned the victory of Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on two grounds of over-voting and certificate forgery.

In delivering its judgment, the tribunal led by Justice Tertsea Kume had held that all documents by the petitioner (Oyetola) are valid and legitimate and the motion to reject them by Adeleke has been dismissed.

It also held that Governor Ademola Adeleke is academically qualified to contest as Osun governor.

The tribunal while noting that APC’s claim of overvoting was not complete, agreed that there was evidence of overvoting in the July 16 guber election.

“After deducting invalid votes due to overvoting, Adegboyega Oyetola scored 314, 931 while Governor Ademola Adeleke scored 290, 666, the Tribunal held.”

The tribunal, therefore, ruled that governor Ademola Adeleke was not validly elected.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been ordered to withdraw Adeleke’s certificate of return.

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has reacted to his defeat at the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo.

In a statement signed by his spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor described it as a miscarriage of justice.

The statement read: “The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal.

“Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal from his country home, Ede, Governor Adeleke faulted the resolution of the over-voting question in favour of Mr Oyetola, calling it “an unfair interpretation against the will of majority of voters”

“While urging his supporters to remain calm, Governor Adeleke vowed to appeal the judgement at the Court of Appeal, insisting he remains the rightful winner of the July 16 election.

“I call on our people to remain calm. We will appeal the judgement and we are sure justice will be done. Let our people be reassured that we will do everything possible to retain this widely acclaimed mandate”, Governor Adeleke declared.”