The Supreme Court will Tuesday deliver judgment in the disputed July 16, 2022 Governorship election in Osun State.
The Apex Court fixed the date for the judgment delivery after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter.
At the centre of the disputed election is the incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke who contested on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Adegboyega Oyetola who was the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC.
Oyetola is the appellant in the instant matter in the Supreme Court having lost at the Court of Appeal while Adeleke is the major respondent being the winner at the Court of Appeal.
The Supreme Court will deliver the final verdict by 2 pm on May 9.
At the proceedings, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, argued for the APC.
Credible News recalls that the Court of Appeal in Abuja had on Friday, March 24 vacated the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun Sta
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that the appeal Adeleke lodged to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, was meritorious.
