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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday submitted a petition on the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo to problem the result of the July 16 governorship election, which produced Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because the governor-elect of the state.
Naija Information gathered that Oyetola was accompanied by his spouse, Kafayat, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman within the state, Prince Gboyega Famodun, and a few members of the state govt council.
In response to stories, the Governor and the get together submitted paperwork difficult 749 polling items throughout ten native authorities areas of the state for varied electoral malpractice, particularly overvoting.
Oyetola, via the petition, claimed that the Osun gubernatorial election was fraught with sure irregularities, including that Senator Adeleke was not certified to have contested the election within the first place, having allegedly submitted a solid certificates to the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee.
Talking to The PUNCH, counsel to Oyetola, Kunle Adegoke (SAN), listed 13 grounds on which premises Adeleke ought to be disqualified.
Adegoke stated, “We now have nothing lower than 50 legal professionals, together with 10 SANs that we can’t checklist all of them, so we now have listed about 20 legal professionals within the petition. We now have 13 reliefs. What we’re contesting is that the election is fraught with sure irregularities by which the individual declared winner ought to not have been declared, and the petitioner, Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola must have been declared the winner on the bottom that Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke was not certified to have contested the election within the first place, having submitted a solid certificates to INEC.
“The second is that the election in 749 polling items was fraught with irregularities, and the election in these items must have been nullified. All of the polling items talked about are in 10 Native Governments out of 30.
“So, if the election in these items is nullified and the votes are canceled, then Alhaji Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola may have snug necessities of the structure to be declared winner of the election.”
On his half, the Chairman, Media Administration Workforce of Osun PDP, Prince Diran Odeyemi, dismissed the petition of the APC.
He stated: “It’s so unlucky that APC didn’t consider within the spirit of sportsmanship. We’d have anticipated them to congratulate Adeleke. A lot of them, who’re championing the reason for tribunal, misplaced of their polling items and their wards.
“We marvel what they need to take to the Tribunal now. We’re not afraid or shedding sleep, Oyetola can’t win. We’ll meet them on the tribunal. Relating to the allegation of solid certificates, there may be nothing like that. They’re solely in search of an avenue to come back again to authorities via the backdoor. PDP is thorough political get together that take a look at all of the certificates offered by the candidates.”
Recall that Adeleke had polled 403 371 to defeat his closes challenger, Oyetola, who received 375, 027 votes.
