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Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, will tomorrow deliver judgment on the appeal filed by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to challenge the nullification of his election by the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The appellate court had, on March 13, 2023, reserved judgement in the appeal after parties in the matter adopted their written addresses and announced that the date for the judgement will be communicated to parties.
Adeleke, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are praying to the appellate court to set aside the verdict of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked him from office.
It will be recalled that Justice Tertsea Kume led a three-member panel tribunal, had on January 27, in a split decision of two-to-one, voided the declaration of Adeleke as the winner of the governorship election that was held on July 16, 2022.
In the majority judgement, the tribunal upheld a petition filed by the former governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who came second in the election.
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