BREAKING: Tribunal Sacks Adeleke As Governor, Orders Withdrawal Of Certificate Of Return

The Osun Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Friday ordered that the certificate of returns given to the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke be withdrawn with immediate effect.

The Presiding Judge of the panel, Justice Tertsea Kume while reading the judgement in Osogbo, stated that the conduct of the election was not in compliance with the electoral act.

Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) received 314,941 votes, while Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 290,266. Justice Kume explained that there was overvoting in six polling units during the election and maintained that, after the deduction of valid votes large from the over-voting at these polling units, these results stood.

Ademola Adeleke, however, was declared competent and eligible to run in the July 16 governorship election by the panel.

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