At last, the Supreme court of Nigeria has declared Governor Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun gubernatorial election held on July 16, 2022.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the poll, saying he polled 403,371 votes to sack his predecessor, Governor Gboyega Oyetola who was the then incumbent with 375,027.
As usual, Oyetola and his party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) had alleged irregularities in the polls and challenged Adeleke’s victory in the Election Petitions Tribunal.
However, respite came for the former governor on January 27, 2023, as Justice Tertse Kume who gave the majority judgement at the petition tribunal upturned Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola the winner of the poll.
Justice Kume held that Oyetola scored the majority lawful votes of 314,931 against Adeleke’s 290,266.
Dissatisfied with the judgement of the tribunal, Adeleke and the PDP headed to the Court of Appeal, which on March 24 nullified the tribunal judgment and returned Adeleke as the winner.
Again, the Appeal Court verdict was not go down well with Oyetola and the PDP and they headed for the Supreme Court, which held the matter on Monday and fixed judgment for today (Tuesday).
With this judgement of the Supreme Court, the matter has come to an end and Adeleke retains his seat bas the duly elected governor of Osun State.
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