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Tribunal orders INEC to give Adeleke Certificate of return as dully elected governor of Osun

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22 March 2019 10:22 AM GMT
Tribunal orders INEC to give Adeleke Certificate of return as dully elected governor of Osun
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Tribunal orders INEC to give Adeleke Certificate of return as dully elected governor of Osun The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered INEC to give the Certificate of Return as fully elected Governor to Sen. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.  The three-man tribunal upheld the petitions filed by […]

Tribunal orders INEC to give Adeleke Certificate of return as dully elected governor of Osun

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered INEC to give the Certificate of Return as fully elected Governor to Sen. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The three-man tribunal upheld the petitions filed by Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election.

The tribunal had earlier dismissed the objections of the APC and Oyetola. It said Adeleke’s petition has merit. The tribunal also declared the rerun election as illegal.

The PDP and Adeleke, had filed a petition asking the tribunal to declare that he polled the highest lawful votes and should be declared the winner.

But Oyetola, APC and INEC had filed their notices of preliminary objection contending among others that the petition was incompetent and that the court lacked jurisdiction.

The tribunal also held that the supplementary election by INEC in seven cancelled units on Sept. 22,2018, was null and void.
The tribunal ruled that the Returning Officer who cancelled the results had no power to do so.
More detail ahead.

Source: NAN

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