It is victory song for Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State as the Supreme Court has affirmed his election.
The court, this morning, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the September 2018 election in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke.
It, however, seems to be a tough decision for the court two as the justices are split five-to-two on it.
the final judgement held that the proceedings and the majority judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal which had declared the PDP as the winner of the poll were a nullity.
According to Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who read the lead majority judgment, held that the absence of Justice Peter Obiorah who later read the lead judgment of the tribunal during the February 6, 2019 hearing, had rendered the entire proceedings of the said tribunal and its judgment a nullity.
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, and three other members consented to the lead majority judgment.
But Justice Kumai Akaahs and Justice Paul Galinje affirmed PDP as the winner of the poll.
