Supreme Court don confam Ademola Adeleke victory as Osun state govnor.
Di top court wey rule in favour of Adeleke of di Peoples Democratic Party, PDP dismiss di Appeal by Oyetola for lack of merit.Di five man panel of Judges wey unanimously agree on di lead judgement wey Justice Emmanuel Agim prepare and read, dismiss di Appeal wey Gboyega Oyetola bring come for for lack of merit.Some of di issues wey dem torchlight na over voting.Concerning di mata of over voting, court rule say di appellant dem no prove beyond doubt say over voting dey, sake of say dem no provide di voters register and di number of accredited Voters from di BVAS wey be di authentic means to know di exact number of pipo wey vote according to di Electoral Act 2022.Di judges say di appellant rely only on witness and one independent analyst.”Voters register still dey relevant to show di number of pipo wry register for di 7744 polling units.To show di accredited number of voters for di election BVAS record shall prevail””Di court no go fit admit di opinion of one pesin on wetin dey inside document wey dem present before di court as evidence of over voting. Di expert analysis report na inadmissible evidence” Justice Emmanuel Agim tok.On di Education of Ademola Adeleke, court say di appellant no also prove beyond doubt say im forge documents.Court say so far as di schools no tok say di documents im present na fake, dem no get any tin to prove.
Court aslo para for di lower court say di mata of im certificate don dey settled since 2019.
Gboyeya Oyetola and im party, di All Progressives Congress (APC) bin challenge di judgement of di Court of Appeal for Abuja, wey uphold Adeleke as di elected govnor of Osun State for March 2023.
Dem bin want make di apex court set aside di judgement wey cancel di judgement of Osun State Election Petition Tribunal, wey return Oyetola as di winner of di November July 16, 2022 govnorship election.
Di three man panel of Judges wey Mohammed Shuaibu lead overrule di decision of di Election petition Tribunal wey bin sack Adeleke as di winner.
Di Court of Appeal bin hold say di tribunal dey wrong to reach conclusion on over voting on oral witnesses as dem consider information wey dey di BVAS machine and voters register.
Court say di voters register na di foundation of any election and di voters register also dey central on di 2023 election.
Di Justice Tertsea Kume led tribunal bin declare say na di former govnor be di winner of di election.
Afta dem establish over voting, di chairman of di panel hold for im judgement say dem conduct di election wit ‘substantial noncompliance’ wit di provision of di law.
For 17 July, 2022, di Independent National Electoral Commission bin announce Adeleke as di winner of di election afta e poll 403,371 votes to beat im closest rival Oyetola wey poll 375,027 votes.
