OSUN ELECTION: PETER OBI SPEAKS ON ADELEKE’S VICTORY
The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Feb. 23 election, Peter Obi, has reacted to the decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal to declare Ademola Adeleke of the PDP, as the winner of the controversial state election.
In a short Twitter post, Obi congratulated Adeleke, saying “Congratulations Senator Ademola Adeleke @IsiakaAdeleke1. Power to the People!”
The tribunal declared that the September 27 rerun election in the state was illegal.
The three-man panel of the Tribunal gave the judgment on Friday following the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke against the All Progressives Congress, APC and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.
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The Tribunal also ruled that PDP and Adeleke proved that it was the state Returning Officer who canceled the results in 7 Polling Units, adding that the petitioners also proved that the Returning Officer has no power to cancel election results of a polling unit.
The Tribunal then deducted 2,029 votes from APC scores and 1,246 votes from PDP votes in 17 polling units where there was noncompliance.
Atiku had tweeted: “Truly, the judiciary is the last hope of the common man and the defender of our democracy. Congratulations Sen. Ademola Adeleke, @IsiakaAdeleke1”.
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