The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has held the petition filed by the candidate of the PDP, Isiaka Adeleke
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has held the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party , Isiaka Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election, lacked merit.
But Oyetola, APC and INEC had filed their notices of preliminary objection contending among others that the petition was incompetent and that the court lacked jurisdiction. Adeleke and the PDP in their different petitions had urged the tribunal to declare that he scored the highest lawful votes in the election and should be declared as winner.
Delivering the lead ruling of the three-man tribunal, Chairman Ibrahim Sirajo, held that the objections were misconceived and struck them out.The Tribunal held that the CTC should and must be an exact replica of the EC8A pink copies. The discrepancies must therefore be explained and justified by INEC.
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