Mixed Reaction as Appeal Court Declares Oyetola Winner
The Court of Appeal yesterday Thursday the 9th of May, 2019 nullified the judgment of Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which upturned Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s victory at the September 2018 poll.
A three-man tribunal had in its verdict delivered on March 22, 2019 nullified the election of Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress and declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the poll.
Justice Sankey, along with three other members of the panel, Justices Abubakar Yahaya, Isaiah Akeju, and Bitrus Sanga, adopted the majority judgments on the three appeals, which went in favour of the APC and its candidate.
Only one member of the panel, Justice George Mbaba, dissented from the majority judgments on the three appeals.
Justice Mbaba dismissed the three appeals and upheld the majority judgment of the tribunal which declared Adeleke the winner of the Osun State governorship election.
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