Ademola Adeleke has been proclaimed the victor of the Osun gubernatorial election by the Supreme Court.
This announcement coincides with the Supreme Court’s decision today about the governorship election results on July 16, 2022.
Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was proclaimed the election’s victor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who reported receiving 403,371 votes to unseat Governor Gboyega Oyetola, who was the incumbent at the time with 375,027.
In the Election Petitions Tribunal, Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), contested Adeleke’s election because of polling place irregularities.
On January 27, 2023, the former governor received some solace when Judge Tertse Kume, who wrote the majority opinion, overturned Adeleke’s victory and named Oyetola the election’s victor.
Justice Kume said Oyetola received 314,931 valid votes against Adeleke’s 290,266.
Not happy with the verdict Adeleke and the PDP went to the Court of Appeal in protest, and on March 24, the Court of Appeal overturned the tribunal’s decision and declared Adeleke, the winner.
Oyetola and the PDP decided to appeal the Appeal Court’s ruling to the Supreme Court, which heard the case on Monday and scheduled a decision for today (Tuesday).
