Appeal Court Rules On Adeleke’s Case Which Nullifies His Election

A three member panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu of the Appeal Court has on Monday on ruled on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) which revoked his victory in the Osun governorship election.

VerseNews Nigeria reports that in the court motion, Counsel to Adeleke, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), argued that a member of the panel, who is also a chief magistrate, did not air her opinion during the Judgement delivery. Rather, she only appended her signature and the constitution mandates her to have aired her views about the suit.

Counsel to Mr Oyetola, Lateef Fagbemi, however, argued that mere signing of the judgment, and not making any comment afterwards does not make the judgment invalid.

He added that the case of over voting exceeded 6 polling units as claimed by the Appellant, adding that the anomaly was experienced in 744 polling units across the state.

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Fagbemi further stressed that the findings of over voting were obtained from the back end server of INEC.

In disagreement, Onyechi Ikpeazu argued that results stored in the backend server, are inconsistent and unreliable as they can be affected by internet connectivity and battery life of the Bvas used to upload the result.

According to his claims, these two factors according to him can affect the upload.

Adeleke’s counsel also stated that he conducted a physical examination on the Bvas, and it showed that over voting occurred in just six polling units, and not 744 as claimed by the Counsel to Oyetola