….Asks supporters to remain calm
The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has rejected the verdict of Tribunal that sacked him as the governor on the ground of over voting.
This is as he described the judgement as “a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal.
NPO Reports had earlier reported that,the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo declared Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election.
Reading the majority judgement, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume said the election was marred by over-voting. He thereby deducted the number of over-voting presented by Oyetola and APC.
He says having deducted the over-voting figure, Oyetola scored 314,921 while Ademola gathered 290,266.
The tribunal referred to the statement of admission of “seemingly over-voting” made by an INEC official who appeared before the tribunal as respondent’s witness.
He said the defence by the respondents on the over-voting are unreliable
He blamed the INEC for producing contradictory results, stating that it put question mark on the readiness of the Commision to conduct credible election.
The Tribunal ordered INEC to withdraw Certificate of Returns issued to Adeleke.
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However, in his minority one of the judges agreed with the majority judgement on the qualification but discountenance the evidence of the Prosecution Witness.
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.