Osun Governorship: Adeleke, PDP Urge Tribunal To Uphold Petition

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola, Adeleke and his party, the PDP have urged the state governorship election tribunal to uphold their petition.
The two petitioners made the plea yesterday before the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Apo, Abuja.
The Tide reports that PDP and Adeleke are challenging the declaration of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the September 22/27, 2018 governorship election.
They alleged that the election was marred with massive rigging, over voting and vote buying and was not conducted by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in compliance with the law.
Joined as respondents in the petition are INEC, Gov. Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
At the tribunal’s sitting yesterday, parties adopted their final written addresses, after which Counsel to INEC, Lasco Pwahomdi, called for dismissal of the petition.
Pwahomdi told the tribunal that the dismissal should be done with substantial cost in favour of INEC.
According to him, the petitioners had woefully failed to establish the petition as required by the law.
Also, Counsel to Oyetola, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), in his final written address urged the tribunal described the petition as “a bedlam full of confusions.’’
Olanipekun said that the petitioners presented a different case from what was contained in their pleadings and reliefs sought.
He maintained that electoral jurisprudence was about proof in accordance with the law and precedence.