MAKINDE VS ADELABU: TENSION AS APPEAL COURT REFUSES TO GIVE VERDICT

The Court of Appeal found that the Judgment of the lower Tribunal which dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, challenging the election of Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the Governor of Oyo State in the election held on 9th March 2019 as perverse and therefore set the judgment aside.

Penpushing further reports that, following the Monday verdict of the Appellate Court, sitting in Ibadan, which decided on the prayers of its Gubernatorial Candidate in the 2019 general election, the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has reaffirmed its strong belief in the Judiciary being the pillar of hope for the sustenance of democracy.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Assistant Publicity Secretary, Prince Ayobami Adejumo, while reacting to the development in a statement lauded the Appellate Court’s Judges for their pronouncement which validated the claims of the plaintiffs in the matter before it but “regretted that the good people of the State would still have to wait for the final adjudication on the case before our candidate could reclaim his mandate’.

“The verdict given on Monday was unambiguous, apt and sound enough to convince any informed mind about the genuineness of our claim that Makinde’s declaration as the winner of the March 9 poll was done by INEC in error’.

“The results announced were ridiculously inflated and there is no way such conspiracy could stand the test of proper scrutiny as this was just confirmed by the Appellate Court. While we use this opportunity to salute the court for living up to its responsibility as the last hope of the common man’

‘We are appealing to the good people of the State including Oyo APC faithful and other key stakeholders to remain calm and resist from being provoked by the PDP government and its agents who are apparently occupying the Agodi Government House on a borrowed time.

“Obviously, the next line of action is for us as a party and our gubernatorial hopeful to approach the Supreme Court for perfection of the landmark verdict delivered by the Court of Appeal today and, by the special Grace of God, we shall obtain favorable judgment from the Apex Court as only this would lend credence to the fact Nigeria’s democratic practice is premised on free and fair elections as well as the rule of law’, the opposition party added.

Penpushing also reports that, lawyers, who spoke with could not put meaning to the verdict of the appellate court.