The Apex court in the country will, today, decide the fate of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola in regards to a petition filed by the latter seeking to upturn the outcome of the July 16 governorship election in the state.
A five-man panel of Justices of the apex court adjourned to today when it convened on Monday to resolve the ongoing legal dispute.
Recall, the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had, on January 27, in a split decision, voided the declaration of Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as winner of the gubernatorial election.
The Justice Tertsea Kume-led three-member panel tribunal, in its majority verdict, upheld a petition that was brought before it by the former governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who came second in the election.
But following an appeal lodged by Adeleke and the PDP, the Court of Appeal, on March 24, reversed the judgment of the tribunal.
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that there was merit in Adeleke’s appeal.
Displeased with the judgment, both Oyetola and the APC took the matter before the Supreme Court which adjourned the case fojudgmentnt after all the parties adopted their final briefs of argument.
