The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal will on April 24, 2019, commence hearing in the appeals filed by the Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress , challenging the decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which sacked Oyetola from office.
Both Oyetola and the APC in the separate notices of appeal they filed against the tribunal’s majority judgment urged the Court of Appeal to uphold their appeals, set aside the majority judgment and dismiss the October 16, 2018 petition by Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party . When hearing commences, the appellants who are querying the validity of the judgment would be asking the court to set aside the majority judgment and dismiss the October 16, 2018 petition by PDP and Adeleke.
Ajibola, in a letter dated April 18, 2019 to the President, Court of Appeal, Abuja, insisted that Justice Oyewole is a benefactor of the appellants and “will find it difficult to dispense justice on the hard matter of laws and facts of this appeal”. “Please note that Justice JOK Oyewole is a benefactor of the appellants and will find it difficult to dispense justice on the hard matter of laws and facts of this appeal.”
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