Ademola Adeleke

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INEC appeals tribunal judgment sacking Adeleke as Osun governor (TheCable)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgment which sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun state...

[Independent National Electoral Commission](https://www.inecnigeria.org/) (INEC) has appealed the judgment which sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun state. They are praying the court for “an order dismissing and/or striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction”. [TheCable](https://www.thecable.ng/tribunal-sacks-adeleke-as-osun-governor/amp) had reported how the Osun governorship election petition tribunal ruled in favour of Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of the state.

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INEC appeals Osun governorship election tribunal judgement (Premium Times)

The tribunal, in the majority judgement read by its chairperson, Tertsea Kume, ordered INEC to withdraw the certificate of return from Mr Adeleke and issue it ...

Good journalism costs a lot of money. this Appeal as lacking in merit with substantial cost.” In it, INEC is asking the appellate court to set the whole decision of the tribunal aside and order the dismissal of the petition for “want of competence and jurisdiction.”

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CSO warns Adeleke against Ilesa varsity takeoff delay (The Punch)

A civil society group, 'The Osun Masterminds' on Wednesday advised the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, against delaying the take-off of the University of ...

“The university has already been licensed by NUC, JAMB has already put it in its portal. Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli, said the review embarked upon could be unnecessary and feared further delay may lead to the institution being deregistered. Teslim Igbalaye, and addressed to the Governing Council of the institution, had directed that all activities regarding it should be on hold, as the governor, Adeleke had instituted an ad hoc committee to review issues concerning the institution.

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JUST IN: INEC appeals Osun Tribunal judgement, lists 44 grounds (The Punch)

The Independent National Electoral Commission has appealed the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that nullified the victory of Osun State Governor ...

Also in the Notice of Appeal signed by counsel to INEC, Prof. A Tribunal panel led by Justice Tertsea Kume had nullified Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola as the duly elected governor at the poll in its judgement of January 27, 2023. In the Notice of Appeal dated 30th January 2023, filed before the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, obtained in Osogbo on Wednesday, the commission listed 44 grounds of appeal and asked the court, to set aside the judgement of the Tribunal.

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INEC Drags Adeleke, Oyetola to Court Over Osun Tribunal Ruling (FIJ NG)

The commission filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal, Akure Judicial Division, on Wednesday, citing 44 errors in the judgement.

Kume, which was signed on the last page of the judgement jointly by Rabi Bashir (chief magistrate), as a majority decision,” it wrote. “The lower tribunal erred in law when it delivered the decision of Hon. In addition to other concerns, INEC claimed that the tribunal’s judgement was invalid.

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INEC Counters Osun Tribunal's Judgement Sacking Adeleke On 44 ... (The Whistler NG)

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has countered the majority judgement of Osun Election Petition Tribunal delivered by Justice Tertse.

Tribunal Member 2(Rabi Bashir Chief Magistrate) failed to either express her individual opinion in writing at the time of the judgment nor make any pronouncement in support of Member 1 or the Chairman of the Tribunal during the judgment on Friday January 27, 2023. The Petitioners/Respondents failed to produce any evidence from the said institution that the said certificate/ attestation was forged.” “The provisions of Section 294 (2) Of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is applicable to any court or tribunal that sits in a panel of two or more members.

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Just In: INEC Appeals Osun Tribunal Judgement That Sacked ... (Legit.ng)

INEC on Wednesday, February 8th appealed against the judgement of Justice T. A. Kume led Election Petition Tribunal in Osun State, listing about 44 grounds.

[APC](https://www.legit.ng/tag/apc/) in the state is accusing the PDP of planning to disrupt the planned rally with hired political thugs, the ruling party in the state has debunked the allegation. [PDP](https://www.legit.ng/tag/pdp-news-today/) lacked merit. [ engaged themselves in a war of words](https://www.legit.ng/politics/1517563-apc-pdp-clash-plots-disrupt-tinubu-shettima-rally-osun/). [Punch](https://www.legit.ng/tag/punch-newspaper/) reported. [Supreme Court has established](https://www.legit.ng/politics/1517830-just-supreme-court-dismisses-suit-oyetolas-participation-osun-poll/) that Gboyega Oyetola took part in the last [Osun](https://www.legit.ng/tag/osun-state-news-today/) gubernatorial election which produced Ademola Adeleke as the winner. [Esther Odili](https://www.legit.ng/authors/esther-odili/)

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INEC Appeals Osun Gov'ship Election Tribunal Judgement, Lists 44 ... (Leadership Newspaper)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that declared.

Ogbuli, dismissed APC’s petition and upheld the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate (Adeleke) at the election. Also, in the Notice of Appeal signed by counsel to INEC, Prof. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that declared Adegboyega Oyetola as the duly elected governor of the State in the July 16, 2022 election.

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Nigerian Electoral Body, INEC Appeals Osun Governorship Tribunal ... (SaharaReporters.com)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that declared ...

TERTSEA AORGA KUME J., was jointly signed on the last page of the judgment by the Tribunal Member 2 RABI BASHIR (Chief Magistrate). An Order dismissing and/or striking out the Petition for want of competence and jurisdiction.” The Judgment delivered by HON. PARTICULARS OF ERROR AN ORDER setting aside the whole decision of the trial Tribunal; C. INEC also asked the court to dismiss the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate for governor of Osun in 2022, Adegboyega Oyetola, as lacking merit.

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Adeleke: INEC appeals tribunal's judgment on Osun election (Internatinal Centre For Investigative Reporting)

The ICIR had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Governor Ademola Adeleke, was sacked in a split judgment delivered by the tribunal in ...

Adekunle stated that INEC has taken the right approach by appealing the judgment. [Independent National Electoral Commission](https://www.inecnigeria.org/) (INEC) has filed an appeal against the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal ruling that declared Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of Osun State. The Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed support for INEC’s appeal.

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Just in: INEC appeals against ruling that nullifies Gov. Adeleke 's ... (The Eagle Online)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed against the judgement of the Osun Election Petition Tribunal that nullified the election ...

Also in the Notice of Appeal signed by counsel to INEC, Prof. Paul Ananaba (SAN) and 17 others, the Commission challenged the decision of the Tribunal on the grounds that the panel erred in law by claiming that Adeleke did not score the majority of the lawful votes, saying the petitioners only called two witnesses who did not prove that the PDP candidate did not win the election. The panel said over-voting was established in 744 polling units and deducted the excess votes from the votes garnered by Adeleke and Oyetola.

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CSO warns Adeleke over delayed Ilesa varsity take-off (The Punch)

A civil society group, 'The Osun Masterminds' on Wednesday advised the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, against delaying the take-off of the ...

“The university has already been licenced by NUC, and JAMB has already put it in its portal. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Wasiu Oyedokun-Alli said, “In the committee that midwifed the establishment of Ilesa University, there were more than five former vice chancellors.

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INEC appeals Osun tribunal judgement (Peoples Gazette)

The electoral body, through its counsel Paul Ananaba, SAN, on Wednesday, filed the petition at the Court of Appeal in Akure, on 44 grounds.

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INEC appeals Osun poll judgment, defends Adeleke's victory (The Punch)

The Independent National Electoral Commission has appealed the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that nullified the victory of Osun State Governor, ...

In its Notice of Appeal signed by its counsel, Prof. Ogbuli, dismissed APC’s petition and upheld Adeleke’s victory at the poll. A tribunal led by Justice Tertsea Kume had nullified Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola as the duly elected governor at the poll in its judgement of January 27, 2023.

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Osun Masterminds warns Adeleke against politicising Ilesa varsity ... (Daily Sun)

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo. The Osun Masterminds has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke not to introduce politics into the issue of Ilesa University after its ...

The University don who condemned the scarcity of fuel and new naira warned the concerned authorities to forestall further persistence of the scarcity. The group advised Governor Adeleke to work with the submission of the steering committee that birthed the university so that the university will admit its first set of students this month. The Osun Masterminds has cautioned Governor Ademola Adeleke not to introduce politics into the issue of Ilesa University after its approval by the concerned authorities.

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