Osun Election: Supreme Court Gives Judgement Today

Recall on June 17, the court had given July 25, as date of judgement on the matter.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the election Senator Ademola Adeleke had filled four appeals.

Led by Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, the seven-man panel will give judgement having fixed a date for judgement on June 17, 2019.

Adeleke and the PDP are, by their four appeals, marked: SC/553/2019; SC/554/2019; SC/555/2019 and SC/556/2019, challenging the May 9, 2019 judgments of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which affirmed the election of Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Governor of Osun State.

The Court of Appeal also set aside the majority judgment of the election tribunal which had allowed Adeleke’s petition and declared him winner of the election.

By agreement of lawyers in the appeals, the court on June 17, 2019 took arguments from Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), for the appellant, and Wole Olanipekun (SAN), for the 1st respondent (Oyetola), in respect of appeal marked: SC/553/2019.