Category: Osun State

Osun State Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, has vowed to approach the appellate court to challenge the verdict of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked him and declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, winner of the September 22 governorship election. The tribunal had on Friday sacked him and declared Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate winner. Oyetola, […]

Wild jubilation erupted spontaneously across major parts of Osun State on Friday following the declaration by the state’s Election Petition Tribunal of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the September 22, 2018 governorship election in the state. Earlier, the Tribunal which sat in Abuja had dismissed a preliminary objection against the petition of the […]

By Banji Ayoola “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy has come for the people of Osun.” This is the philosophic reaction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the judgement of the state’s governorship election petition tribunal which, on Friday restored the victory […]

By Banji Ayoola “We are going to appeal the judgment.” With this reaction, the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, voiced its resolve to appeal the tribunal judgment which on Friday declared the People’s Democratic Party, PDP candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the September 22 governorship election in the state. APC […]

By Banji Ayoola Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal has declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, winner of the September 22 governorship election in Osun State Simultaneously, it sacked Mr Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC as governor of the state. It also declared the September rerun as illegal, as […]