By Ayodele Oni
The victory of former Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, over the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke, at the Osun Governoship Election Tribunal, has been described as robbery.
Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator and activist, in a series of tweets, submitted that the victory awarded to Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over Governor Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, amount to the Judiciary, stealing at gunpoint, Adeleke’s victory, freely given to him by Osun people.
Adeyanju said only a PDP victory at the Presidential poll in February, can save Adeleke, insisting that it is the only way he can reclaim his about – to-be stolen mandate.
Adeyanju: “An election Adeleke won before our very eyes despite all the vote-buying unleashed by APC in Osun is about to be stolen at gun point by the Judiciary. I just wonder for ‘Made-in-Court Room Democracies.’
“Tinubu and his people are so determined to take Osun through the Tribunal. Whether through bending the law or any other means, they will take it. Only God or a PDP victory in February can save Adeleke at this point.
“The Osun Election Tribunal, in annulling Adeleke’s victory, said there were some over-voting in some PU’s. This decision, if reinforced by the Apex Court, will rubbish BVAs and INEC result portals. The over-voting could have occurred from any side. But let’s see what Appeal Court and SC will say,”
The Osun Governorship Election was held on July 16, 2023, while Adeleke was sworn-in as Governor on November 27, 2022. The Tribunal removed him on January 27, 2022.
He has appealed for calm in the State, and vowed to appeal the judgement.
