Supreme Court to rule on Oyetola, Adeleke over Osun guber election Tuesday

The Supreme Court has scheduled Tuesday, May 9, 2023, for judgment in the appeal filed by former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

A five-member panel of the highest court in Nigeria announced the date and time which is fixed at 2:00 pm for judgment after taking arguments from lawyers to parties on Monday.

In his appeal, Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is seeking the reversal of the March 25 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the July 2022 governorship election.

The Court had set aside an earlier judgment by the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which held in favour of Oyetola and removed Adeleke.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeleke the winner of last year’s Osun election after polling 403,371 votes.

Oyetola finished second with 375,027 and Action Democratic Party (ADP) candidate Kehinde Atanda was third.