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May 18, 2019
Candidateof the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 2018 Osun Stategovernorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has filed a notice of appeal atthe Supreme Court against the decisions of the Court of Appeal.
SenatorAdeleke is praying the apex court to set aside the ruling of the appeal courtand uphold the decision of the Osun election petition tribunal.
Hissuit comes after the Appeal Court had on May 9, 2019, set aside the judgementof the Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified the victory of GovernorGboyega Oyetola because of its ‘faulty composition’.
Earlier,the Osun state Election Petition Tribunal had ruled that Senator Adeleke wasthe rightful winner of the 2018 governorship election, having satisfied theconstitutional requirements of majority votes and spread across localgovernment of the state
Thetribunal also nullified the rerun election of September 27, 2018.