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Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration in Osun State got here to a hurting halt on Friday because the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal sacked him from workplace . His keep in workplace lasted a mere 62 days!
Whereas annulling the July 16 Osun governorship ballot outcomes, the tribunal held that the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee didn’t adjust to the provisions of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in addition to the Electoral Act as amended.
The PUNCH reviews The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee had declared Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Social gathering governorship candidate, the winner of the July 16 election.
The Returning Officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the College of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, introduced that Adeleke bought a complete of 403,371 votes, beating the incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the APC, who garnered 375,027 votes within the keenly contested race.
Within the election held throughout 3,763 polling items within the 30 native authorities areas in Osun, the PDP received 17 of the LGAs, whereas the APC recorded extra votes within the remaining 13. The PDP received in Ede North, Ede South, Ifelodun, Boluwaduro, Egbedore, Odo Otin, Osogbo, Ila, Atakumosa West, Olorunda, Ilesa West, Obokun, Oriade, Orolu, Ife North, Irepodun, and Ejigbo LGAs.
The APC, then again, received in Boripe, Ilesa East, Ayedire, Ifedayo, Ife Central, Ayedaade, Iwo, Olaoluwa, Isokan, Atakumosa East, Irewole, Ife South, and Ife East LGAs. Out of the 1,955,657 registered voters within the state, 1,479,595 Everlasting Voter Playing cards had been collected earlier than the election.
The PUNCH reviews that Adeleke’s victory raised the PDP-governed states’ tally to 14, with the ruling APC states dropping to 21.
However the hope of Adeleke, recognized for his dancing expertise and fondly known as the ‘Dancing Senator’, was dashed on Friday after the tribunal annulled the results of the July 16 governorship ballot.
Whereas delivering a majority resolution vote, Justice Tetsea Kume dominated that INEC didn’t comply considerably with the structure and the provisions of the Electoral Act.
He subsequently deducted the over-voting noticed from the votes scored by the candidates and declared that Oyetola received the election, having polled 314, 921, whereas Adeleke’s rating got here all the way down to 290, 266.
He directed INEC to withdraw Adeleke’s certificates of return and subject one other one to Oyetola who received a majority of the lawful votes.
In the meantime The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has described the judgement of the governorship election petitions tribunal as “a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to problem the ruling on the Courtroom of Attraction.
The PUNCH reviews that the Election Petitions Tribunal listening to the All Progressives Congress’ Adegboyega Oyetola’s petition towards the victory of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering’s Ademola Adeleke on Friday annulled the results of the July 16 Osun governorship ballot.
Justice Tetsea Kume, whereas delivering a majority resolution, declared that the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee didn’t comply considerably with the structure and the provisions of the Electoral Act.
CREDIT : Punch Newspapers
