The Appeal Court has reserved judgement on the Osun State 2022 governorship election appeal case.
The state Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is appealing the ruling of the governorship tribunal, which declared the former governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner of the July 16 governorship election in the state.
While delivering judgement earlier, the Tribunal member panel held that Oyetola proved that there was over-voting in some of the polling units, a verdict swiftly rejected by Adeleke.
The elected Governor described the court’s verdict as a “miscarriage of justice” and subsequently filed an appeal before the Akure division of the Court of Appeal.
Adeleke in the 31 grounds of appeal he filed before the court, prayed for “an order setting aside the whole decision of the tribunal”.
The governor is equally seeking “an order striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing the petition on the merit”.
“The second respondent cannot ‘go lo lo lo lo’ and ‘buga won’ as the duly elected governor of Osun state.”
According to the case file, “The tribunal, in its judgment, erred in law and displayed bias against the appellant when it made reference to the appellant’s dance at his inauguration as governor of Osun state, which was never an issue before the lower tribunal.
“By referring to the appellant’s personal eccentricity for dancing, the lower tribunal derided and mocked him in a manner suggesting that it was biased against him."
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