BREAKING: Tension As Appeal Court Reserves Judgement On Osun Governorship Appeal

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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Appeal on Monday, reserved judgement on the Osun State Appeal filled by .

Adeleke had on February 9th, appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal which nullified his .

The tribunal ruled in favour of a former of the state Gboyega Oyetola. While delivering the judgement, two out of the three-member panel of the tribunal held that useOyetola proved that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.

But Adeleke swiftly rejected the ruling and described it as a “miscarriage of justice”.

Weeks later, the governor filed an appeal before the Akure division of the Court of Appeal.

In the 31 grounds of appeal filed on Wednesday, Adeleke is praying the court for “an order setting aside the whole decision of the tribunal”.

The governor is equally seeking “an order striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing the petition on the merit”.

The second respondent cannot ‘go lo lo lo lo' and ‘buga won' as the duly elected governor of Osun state,” the governor said.

“The tribunal, in its judgment, erred in law and displayed bias against the appellant when it made reference to the appellant's dance at his inauguration as governor of Osun state which was never an issue before the lower tribunal,” Adeleke noted.

“By referring to the appellant's personal eccentricity for dancing, the lower tribunal derided and mocked him in a manner suggesting that it was biased against him.

“The appearance of bias manifests in the reference to the Appellant's proclivity for dancing and particularly the Buga song, has rendered the decision of the lower Tribunal a nullity.

“The tribunal in its judgment erred in law in returning the 1st respondent as the duly elected candidate without due regard to the enormity of the voters in the units where the results were cancelled for overvoting.”

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