JUST IN: Supreme Court upholds Adeleke Osun as governor.
In its ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria upheld Ademola Adeleke’s position as governor of Osun State.
In order to defeat the incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who received 375,027 votes, the Independent National Electoral Commission reported that Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party received 403,371 votes.
Oyetola and the APC, however, contested the election’s outcome and went to court.
On July 16, 2022, the state held its governorship election.
The tribunal, presided over by Justice Tertse Kume, proclaimed Oyetola the winner of the election on January 27, 2023, and revoked Adeleke’s victory.
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