The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has fixed Friday (Today) to deliver judgement in an appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke seeking to affirm his election as Osun state governor.
The court had reserved judgment after hearing submissions in the suit on March 13.
In the appeal marked CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023, Adeleke is praying the court for “an order setting aside the judgement of the Osun governorship petition tribunal.
The tribunal had on January 27 sacked Adeleke and affirmed Oyetola as the duly elected governor of the state.
Two of the three-member panel held that Oyetola was able to prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.
Adeleke had rejected the judgment, describing it as “a miscarriage of justice” and “an unfair interpretation against the will of majority of voters”.
In the 31 grounds of appeal, Adeleke is seeking “an order striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing the petition on the merit”.
Adeleke submitted that the tribunal exhibited bias when it said: “The second respondent cannot ‘go lo lo lo lo’ and ‘buga won’ as the duly elected governor of Osun state.”
