The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2019 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the supreme court credit on the Osun gubernatorial election.
According to Abubakar, the verdict is not the end of the road for Senator Ademola Adeleke.
A statement signed by Atiku was quoted to have questioned the nation’s judiciary, tasking it to ensure that justice is done at all times, irrespective of pressures from powers that be.
The statement said “I join the people of goodwill all over Nigeria to say to Senator Ademola Adeleke, and the people of the great state of Osun, that we stand with them in good times and in difficult days”.
“The Supreme Court has ruled and because of its judicial finality, the legal case is over. However, the love, acceptance and endorsement that the people of Osun bestowed on both Senator Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party is not over and cannot be overlooked.
“Those who think this is the end of the road for Senator Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun, are greatly mistaken. This is not the end. Not even the beginning of the end. No. Today marks the continued ascendancy of Senator Adeleke and his party in the hearts and minds of his people.
“They had expected that the progress and development that the Adeleke family had consistently brought to Osun will be translated to their governance. That hope is not dead. Only delayed.
“I extend my right hand of brotherhood to Senator Adeleke in all his future endeavours and I assure the good people of the state of Osun that the Peoples Democratic Party remembers their love and acceptance and will never forget to stand by them no matter the situation.
“Finally, I urge the nation’s judiciary to take a pulse of the nation and reflect it. In their hands, God has placed a great responsibility. The duty to ensure that justice is done, irrespective of the pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be,” the statement read.
Gboyega Oyetola candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was declared winner of the Osun gubernatorial election by the Supreme Court early today Friday, July 6.
Justice Olabode Rodes-Vivour read the five-to-two decision of the apex court first dismissing the appeal by Adeleke.
According to Justice Rodes-Vivour, the failure of a member of the election tribunal, Justice Peter Obiora, to sit on February 6, 2019 rendered the entire proceedings and the judgment given by the tribunal a nullity.
As such, it upheld Oyetola as the rightfully elected governor of Osun State.
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