The Supreme Court on Tuesday upholds Ademola Adeleke of PDP as Governor Elect in Osun State. It holds that the petitioner,Gboyega Oyetola of APC failed to provide enough evidence of over voting as claimed.
Justice Emmanuel Agim while delivering Judgment held that the court of appeal correctly set aside the decision of the tribunal as there is no way Oyetola could depend on only the information of the back end server and not look into the voters register which forms a foundation of the electoral process in any polling unit.
The Apex court held that the respondents findings in the issues of BVAS was that there was over voting in only 6 polling units which did not affect the emergence of Ademola Adeleke as the governor-elect.
The court while dismissing the appeal on Adeleke’s qualifications held that the Oyatola’s appeal collapsed for failure to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt as it is not enough to point out issues of certified documents without making findings to back up the claims.
Following the Supreme Court’s pronouncement which is the final in the Governorship tussle,jubilation rent the air in Osogbo the State Capital and all over the state as many residents came out to congratulate Governor Adeleke.
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