Breaking: Appeal court restores Adeleke as Osun State governor

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday reinstated Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun State.

A three-member panel of justices faulted the election tribunal that earlier ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress) proved their allegation of over-voting.

According to the panel of judges which issued its verdict, Adeleke is the duly elected governor of the state.

Aside from setting aside the judgement of the tribunal, the court, in its lead judgement that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal, awarded N500,000 cost against the APC and its candidate, Oyetola

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The Osun governorship election tribunal, in January, held that Oyetola was able to prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.

The majority judgment of the tribunal ordered INEC to withdraw the certificate of return issued to Adeleke and issue a fresh one to Oyetola as the duly elected governor of Osun.

Dissatisfied with the ruling, Adeleke appealed the judgment at the court of appeal.