Ademola Adeleke

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Osun state tribunal update: Appeal Court uphold Ademola Adeleke ... (BBC News)

Di Court of Appeal for Abuja di Nigeria capital go give judgement about who win di Osun state govnorship election on Friday.

Di tribunal also tok say over-voting dey for dat election. Govnor Adeleke bin file suit against di decision of di election petition tribunal wey cancel im election as govnor of Osun State. For di last hearing for di Court of Appeal, di three-member panel wey M.F Shuaibu lead reserve judgement afta di panel of judges listen to di lawyers of Govnor Adeleke of di Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former All Progressives Govnor, Gboyega Oyetola.

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Adeleke: Police tighten security in Osogbo as court delivers judgement (Vanguard)

With the Appeal Court in Abuja preparing to deliver judgement in the petition against Governor Ademola Adeleke by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, ...

Displeased with the verdict, Adeleke and INEC approached the Appeal court to set aside the judgement and affirmed his victory. With the Appeal Court in Abuja preparing to deliver judgement in the petition against Governor Ademola Adeleke by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, security operatives have been stationed in strategic locations across Osogbo, Osun state capital to forestall break down of law and order. Oyetola had challenged the outcome of the July 16 governorship election which produced Adeleke as the state governor before the election petition tribunal in Osun state.

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Adeleke vs Oyetola: Police deploy armed men in Osun (The Punch)

There was an unusually large deployment of armed police operatives at strategic locations in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday as the Court of Appeal ...

Adegboyega Oyetola, there is a strategic deployment of personnel around critical infrastructure in the state. Apart from the police operatives that were deployed across the state capital, Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, said it has deployed men to critical infrastructure in the state ahead of the judgment. Some patrol vehicles of police and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were also sighted moving around Osogbo blaring sirens.

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Appeal Court Sets Aside Tribunal Judgement, Upholds Adeleke As ... (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola ...

The judge faulted Oyetola and APC, that they only relied on the data from the back end server and failed to look at the voters register which forms the foundation of the whole electoral process and as such, cannot strengthen their allegations of over voting. The panel held that the Osun State Tribunal was wrong to have said that there was over voting, a claim that only relied on the evidence by Oyetola and the APC, and as such, doesn’t prove their case in any way. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the decision of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal and has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state.

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BREAKING: Appeal court reinstates Adeleke as Osun governor (TheCable)

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state...

On issues five and seven which borders on over-voting, the appeal court held that the respondents failed to prove their allegation of over-voting. On the second issue of jurisdiction, the appellate court held that although the law allows the tribunal suspend decisions on preliminary objections until the end of the matter, the Osun governorship tribunal failed to show in writing that it considered Adeleke’s preliminary objection in its merit. He also challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal to preside over the petition on the grounds that it failed to consider the preliminary objection he filed against the petitioners.

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Appeal Court upholds Adeleke as winner of Osun governorship ... (Guardian)

The Court of Appeal on Friday set aside an earlier election tribunal verdict that declared Gboyega Isiaka of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of ...

The Court of Appeal, however, on Friday annulled the tribunal’s decision and upheld Adeleke as the rightful governor of Osun State in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel headed by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu. INEC on Sunday, July 17 declared PDP candidate Adeleke as the Osun State governorship election winner. Appeal Court upholds Adeleke as winner of Osun governorship election

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Appeal Court affirms Adeleke's election as Osun governor (Premium Times)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the allegation of over-voting, the basis upon which the election tribunal anchored its decision nullifying...

A Ogbuli said the petitioners – Mr Oyetola and the APC – failed to prove that there were cases of over-voting in the governorship election. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Adeleke was declared the winner with a total of 403,371 votes. Good journalism costs a lot of money. The tribunal noted that the poll was marred by over-voting. In a two-to-one split judgement, the majority decision of the tribunal declared Mr Oyetola the winner of the election. Upholding Mr Adeleke’s victory on Friday, the Court of Appeal held that the tribunal was “wrong to reach the conclusion that there was over-voting during the state governorship election held on 16 July 2022.”

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Appeal Court affirms Ademola Adeleke as Osun governor (Peoples Gazette)

Governor Ademola Adeleke has been affirmed as the winner of Osun governorship election. The court also awarded N500,00 in fines against Gboyega Oyetola and ...

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UPDATED: Adeleke wins at Appeal Court, Oyetola slapped with ... (The Punch)

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State.

But the court of Appeal on Friday set aside the tribunal judgement, affirming Adeleke as the authentic winner and governor of Osun State But Oyetola and the APC rejected the result of the poll and headed for the tribunal. The Osun tribunal had annulled Adeleke’s victory and affirmed Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressives Congress as the authentic winner of the poll after the Independent National Electoral Commission had returned Adeleke as the winner of the poll.

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Okowa congratulates Adeleke on Appeal Court victory (Vanguard)

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Osun counterpart, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, on his victory at the Appeal Court on Friday.

“This ruling has once again reaffirmed the powers and responsibility of INEC to act as an unbiased umpire, especially in dealing with the issues of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) in checking over-voting and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. He commended the three-man panel of the Appellate Court for rightfully setting aside the erroneous judgement of the Election Tribunal, adding that the judgement of the court was a victory for the nation’s democracy and a reaffirmation of the responsibility of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to act as an unbiased umpire. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Osun counterpart, Sen.

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Adeleke: Rep Oke hails Appeal Court judgement (Vanguard)

Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Busayo Oluwole Oke has hailed the Court of Appeal for upholding the election of ...

I congratulate Governor Ademola Adeleke on this occasion the entire members of PDP and Osun people as a whole”. “The judgement also saved the country from brink of collapse and avoidable crisis. Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Public Accounts, Hon.

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Court of Appeal Upholds the Election of Osun State Gov Ademola ... (Tekedia)

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the election of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State, setting aside the judgment of the ...

Aftermath of elections in Nigeria is usually filled with legal tussles of political aspirants fighting to be declared the real winners by the courts. “However, from the snippets we are getting, we believe we have a potential ground to approach the Supreme Court. The court also awarded the sum of N500, 000 against the APC and Oyetola. He said they only relied on the data from the back end server and failed to look at the voters register which forms the foundation of the whole electoral process and as such, cannot strengthen their allegations of over voting. Justice Tetsea Kume held that INEC did not comply substantially with the constitution and the provisions of the Electoral Act. The judgment came following a petition filed by Oyetola, challenging the outcome of the July 16, 2022 Osun State governorship election.

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Lawyer hails Appeal Court judgement reinstating Adeleke (The Punch)

Human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi has hailed the Appeal Court judgement reinstating Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State.

The Appeal Court on Friday set aside the tribunal judgement, affirming Adeleke as the authentic winner and governor of Osun State. The PUNCH reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Adeleke as governor of Osun State. Human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi has hailed the Appeal Court judgement reinstating Senator Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State.

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