The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal, thereby upholding the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state.
Following the last 16th July governorship polls in the state, an Election Petition Tribunal had sacked Adeleke from office, saying that the Senator did not score majority of lawful votes.
However, in a unanimous agreement by a three-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, the Court of Appeal on Friday quashed the tribunal’s judgement and gave its verdict to uphold Adeleke as rightful governor of the state.
The Appeal Court Panel revoked the tribunal’s order which directed that a Certificate of Return be withdrawn from Adeleke and issued to former Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
The panel upheld the issue of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) raised against Oyetola, stating that the state tribunal was wrong to have said that there was over voting, a claim that only relied on the evidence by the former governor and the All Progressives Congress, and as such, did not prove their case in any way.
Adeleke was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election.
