Appeal Court To Deliver Judgment In Osun Governorship Tussle March 24

Adegboyega Oyetola and Ademola Adeleke

The Court of Appeal in Abuja will announce the judgement in the legal tussle between Osun State Gov, Ademola Adeleke and the immediate past governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on March 24.

Recall that the court, on March 14 reserved judgments in three appeals and a cross-appeal filed on the dispute over the governorship election.

A 3-man panel of Justices of the court led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu, after taking the final arguments from lawyers to the parties had announced that Adeleke and Oyetola would be informed when the judgments are ready.

The make or mar judgment would be delivered on March 24.

A notice to that effect stumbled upon, specifically indicated that the verdict would be presented by 12 noon.

The substantive appeals, filed by Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), are against the January 27 judgment of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal, which voided Adeleke’s victory at the July 16, 2022 election.

The cross-appeal, jointly filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the election, Adegboyega Oyetola, is against a portion of the tribunal’s judgment.