The Court of Appeal in Abuja will on Friday give its decision on the authentic winner of last year’s governorship election in Osun State.
However, 10 days after, THISDAY gathered that the court had reached the parties in the case, informing them that judgment would be delivered on Friday, March 24, 2023. While Adeleke is the appellant in the appeal: marked CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023, Oyetola, APC, Independent National Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party are the first to fourth respondents respectively.
The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume, who read the majority judgment, disclosed that the excess votes were deducted following which Oyetola won the election. The governor equally sought “an order striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing the petition on the merit”.
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