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June 17, 2019
The Supreme Court isexpected to today commence hearing in the appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke ofthe People’s Democratic Party, PDP, challenging the declaration of GboyegaOyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as governor of Osun State by theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the September 22, 2018governorship election.
The election petitiontribunal had in a split decision upturned the INEC declaration and pronouncedAdeleke as the winner of the election.
The matter approachedthe Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal on May 9 upturnedthe verdict of the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal, which declaredSenator Adeleke winner of the governorship election.
The Appellate Courtheld that the irregular composition of the lower tribunal, where the judge whodelivered the majority judgment, Justice Peter Obiorah, was absent in theproceedings of the lower court, affected the right of the appellant to fairhearing.Both Adeleke and the PDPare asking the Apex Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal infavour of Oyetola of the APC.