The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Gboyega Adetola
as the governor elect of Osun state.
PDP candidate in the election, Ademola Adeleke, an Uncle of
singer Davido, was dissatisfied with the result announced by INEC after the
election which held in September 2018 and filed a petition at the tribunal. The
tribunal in a ruling delivered in March, declared Adeleke winner of the
election in March. Gboyega appealed the verdict at the Court of Appeal
In May, the appeal court gave judgement in favour of the APC
candidate. Adeleke then filed an appeal at the Supreme court.
Delivering judgement this morning, five of the seven judges
on the panel were in favour of Oyetola, leaving Adeleke with just two.
