SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, (THEWILL) – The Court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the election petition filed by the Osun state governor challenging the verdict of the State’s election petition tribunal which nullified his election.
After taking arguments from the parties in the appeal, Justice Jummai Sankey announced that judgement has been reserved and that the parties will be informed as soon as they are ready.
In three separate appeals filed by Governor Oyetola, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the appellate court was asked to set aside the march 22nd, 2019 judgement of the Osun state election petition tribunal which declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as winner of the osun gubernatorial election.
Oyetola’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun pleaded with the five man panel of the Appeal Court Justices to void the judgement of the tribunal arguing that it violated the electoral act 2010 and judicial precedence of the Supreme Court.
INEC in it’s own appeal by its counsel Yusuf Ali informed the Appeal Court that the findings of the tribunal were wrong because they were based on uncertified documents dumped on the tribunal by Senator Adeleke and the PDP.
