Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been affirmed the legally elected Executive Governor of Osun State by the Supreme Court in Abuja on Tuesday 9 May, 2023.
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| Osun State: Adegboyega Oyetola (former Governor) and Ademola Adeleke (current Governor) |
According to Vanguard:
The apex court, in its lead judgement they were delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, dismissed an appeal that was lodged against Adeleke’s election victory by the former governor of the state, Adegboyega Oyetola, who was the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
It held that though Oyetola alleged that Adeleke won through over-voting that occurred in 774 polling units in the state, he, however, failed to produce any Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, a machine that was used in any of the polling units to prove his allegation.
The Apex Court held: “It is glaring that the Appellant did not provide in evidence, any BVAS, but sought to prove over-voting by means of a report of examination of INEC’s database or backend server.
“It is, therefore, the only direct and primary record of voters accredited at polling units on election day”.
