Osun Tribunal: Court declares PDP candidate, Adeleke winner of Osun guber poll

The Osun state governorship election pet‎ition tribunal has declared Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Osun state governorship election in a reports obtained by VoiceAirMedia. 

At its sitting in Abuja on Friday, it held that the rerun election conducted in the state after the initial poll was illegal.

Adeleke, Oyetola

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced Gboyega Oyetola as winner of the September 2018 election.

But the PDP and Adeleke filed a petition at the tribunal challenging Oyetola’s victory.

A three-man panel of the tribunal led by Ibrahim Sirajo, a judge, held that Oyetola was not validly returned as the winner of the election.

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