UPDATE: Osun Election Petition Tribunal Declares Sen Adeleke Winner, APC Rejects Verdict, Head To Court Of Appeal – READ FULL DETAILS

After many hours of reading of the judgement, the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke winner.

The court also held that the 2018 supplementary governorship election in seven polling units illegal.

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The tribunal held that the supplementary election was a product of an illegal cancellation of the results in the seven polling units during the September 22, 2018 main election.

It ruled that the Returning Officer who cancelled the results had no power to do so.

The Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in the election had filed the petition urging the tribunal to declare that Adeleke polled the highest lawful votes and be declared the winner.

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress in Osun has rejected the verdict.

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In a statement released by the party’s Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, Kunle Oyatomi, it said,
“The APC in the State of Osun has rejected the Election Petition Tribunal verdict that declared Adeleke the winner of the 2018 governorship election in the state.
According to the party ‘the verdict cannot stand superior legal scrutiny. Therefore we will appeal against it”

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