Adeleke Vs Oyetola: Appeal Court Fixes Date To Deliver Judgement On Osun Gruber Poll

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s
capital, has fixed Thursday, May 9, to deliver
judgement on the Osun state governorship
election matter.
Tonextloade Media reports that the development was
is contained in a hearing motion served on the
respondents by the Senior Registrar of the
court on Wednesday.
This online news platform recalls that the Osun
state election tribunal sacked Gboyega Oyetola
of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Nigeria’s ruling party, as the governor of the
southwest state.
The tribunal subsequently declared Senator
Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, as
the winner of the 2018 governorship election in
Osun state.
Apparently displeased with the judgement,
Oyetola approached the Appeal Court to upturn
the judgement of the election tribunal.
The Appeal Court will sit tomorrow (Thursday)
by 9:00 am to hear the case brought before it
by the APC candidate.
Meanwhile, Tonextloade Media reports that the hearing
will be coming two days after Adeleke was
detained in connection with ongoing criminal
investigations against him and later arraigned
by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The Osun West lawmaker was later granted N2
million bail. The court also asked Adeleke to
provide surety in like sum before the matter
was adjourned to June 24, 2019.


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