TRIBUNAL DECLARES PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ADEMOLA ADELEKE WINNER OF OSUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION
The Election Petitions Tribunal further declared that, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),flagbearer, Ademola Adeleke having won the election at the first ballot on September 22, and the rerun that INEC devised to reach a final conclusion a week later was illegal.
In the ruling read on behalf of a three-member panel of judges by Justice Peter Obi, the tribunal held that the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had no powers to cancel the election in the seven polling units on September 22, 2018 leading to the rerun election on September 27, 2018, adding that he acted “ultra vires his powers.”
Penpushing recalled that, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had 254,698 votes against Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress(APC) with 254,345 votes before the election was declared inconclusive.
The Tribunal had voided the cancellation of election in seven polling units in the election, and cancelled the result of 17 polling units thereby deducting 2,029 from APC votes and 1246 votes from PDP votes. The deductions then put Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in the lead.
Penpushing further reports that, the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has declared that it will challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal.
Details coming.
