…re-run poll was illegal, says Tribunal
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared as winner Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last year’s governorship election in the state, Ademola Adeleke.
It held that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola was not validly returned.
The tribunal held that the supplementary election was a product of an illegal cancellation of the results in the seven polling units during the September 22, 2018 main election.
It ruled that the Returning Officer who cancelled the results had no power to do so.
The Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in the election had filed the petition urging the tribunal to declare that Adeleke polled the highest lawful votes and be declared the winner.
