Stephen Dunmoye
The Nigeria Supreme Court will on Tuesday rule on the appeal filed by former Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the July 2022 governorship election in the state.
Report has it that Oyetola asked the apex court to set aside the ruling of the appellate court which nullified the judgement of the election tribunal.
Oyetola was declared the winner by the election tribunal after he went to court to challenge the victory of Adeleke, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Apart from setting aside the judgement of the tribunal, the court, in its lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal, awarded N500,000 cost against APC and its candidate, Oyetola.
However, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court announced on Monday that judgment will be delivered on the matter at 2 pm on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
This comes after the panel took arguments from the legal representatives of Adeleke and Oyetola.
