Osun Governorship: Adeleke Knows Fate Tuesday; Supreme Court Set To Deliver Judgement

By Ayodele Oni

The Supreme Court is set to lay to rest controversy trailing the outcome of last year’s  governorship election in Osun state.

The apex court on Monday fixed Tuesday, May 9 to deliver a make or mar judgment in the disputed July 16, 2022 Governorship election.

The Court fixed the date for the judgment after taken arguments from parties involved in the matter.

At the centre of the disputed election is the incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke who contested for the poll on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Adegboyega Oyetola who was the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate.

Oyetola is the appellant in the  instant matter in the Supreme Court having lost at the Court of Appeal,  while Adeleke is the major respondent being the winner of the Court of Appeal decision.

The Supreme Court will deliver the final verdict by 2 pm of May 9.

At the proceedings, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN argued for the APC.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja had on Friday March 24 vacated the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.

The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that the appeal Adeleke lodged to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, was meritorious.

Aside from setting aside the judgment of the tribunal, the court, in its lead judgment that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal, awarded N500, 000 cost against the All Progressive Congress, APC, and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.