Adeleke v Oyetola: Osun Tribunal to Deliver Judgment on Friday

The election panel hearing petition by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate at the July 16 Osun governorship poll, Adegboyega Oyetola, will on Friday deliver its judgment.

The Punch reports that the notice was displayed on the notice board at the entrance of the venue of the panel sittings on Tuesday.

The APC and Oyetola are challenging the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Parties before Justice Tetse Kume-led three-man panel had on January 13, adopted their final written addresses.

Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN and Mr Akin Olujinmi, SAN, representing the petitioners argue that Adeleke did not win majroity lawful votes and should not have been returned as the winner of the poll by INEC. The lawyers also raised the issue of inconsistencies in the certificates presented by the Adeleke.

However, in response, counsel for INEC Prof. Paul Ananaba, SAN, that of Adeleke, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN and Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, representing the PDP, said Adeleke was validly elected, as the election that produced him was held in compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act and the Constitution.