Tag: osun
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Osun Tribunal judgement: I have renewed hope of retrieving my ‘stolen mandate’ in Ekiti – Eleka
Prof. Kolapo Olusola, the former Ekiti Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in July 14 governorship election in the state has said that he will soon reclaim his mandate at the tribunal. Olusola disclosed this on Saturday in a statement in Ado Ekiti, while congratulating PDP’s Sen. Ademola Adeleke who was declared governor…
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Osun Govt files appeal against tribunal’s verdict declaring Adeleke as governor
The Osun State Government on Thursday filed an appeal against the judgement of the state Election Petition Tribunal on the 2018 state governorship poll declaring the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the election. The state government charged the residents of the state to remain calm and go about their lawful activities…
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Osun guber: PDP hails verdict, says Atiku next to reclaim ‘stolen mandate’
The People’s Democratic Party ( PDP ) has hailed the verdict of the Osun State Governorship election tribunal, which upheld the victory of its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, describing the judgement as a victory for democracy and triumph of the will of the people. The main opposition party said the judgment was a clear indicator…
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Osun guber: APC speaks on next move after Tribunal sacked Oyetola, declared Adeleke winner
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun says it will appeal the tribunal judgment that declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the September 2018 re-run governorship election in Osun. Mr Kunle Oyatomi, the APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, said in a statement on Friday in Osogbo that…
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Osun guber poll: Adeleke won at first ballot, re-run election illegal – Tribunal rules
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared as illegal the September 27, 2018 supplementary governorship election held in seven polling units as illegal. The tribunal held that the supplementary election was a product of an illegal cancellation of the results in the seven polling units during the September 22, 2018…
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BREAKING: Tribunal declares PDP’s Adeleke winner of 2018 Gov Osun election
The Election Petitions Tribunal set up for the 2018 governorship election in Osun State has declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the election. The three-man panel said during its ruling in Abuja Friday afternoon that the rerun election that held on September 27 was illegal. The tribunal therefore deducted the votes scored by the APC candidate…
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Osun Guber: Adeleke, PDP’s petition against Oyetola lacks merit – Tribunal
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has held that the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Isiaka Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election, lacked merit. TNG reports that the…
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Tribunal fixes date for judgment in Osun governorship dispute
The Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Apo, Abuja has scheduled Friday for judgment in the petition by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the September 2018 governorship election held in the state, Senator Ademola Adeleke. PDP and Adeleke are, by their petition, challenging the declaration of Adegboyega Oyetola of the…
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Osun: Court dismisses suit challenging Oyetola as APC governorship candidate
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit challenging the nomination of Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in Osun State. The suit was instituted by an aggrieved aspirant on the platform of the party, Kunle Adegoke, who alleged that the July…
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2019: Omisore declares support for APC
Former Osun Deputy Governor Senator Iyiola Omisore on Thursday declared he is backing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections. He debunked reports he was undecided following the alliance between the APC and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) under which he contested the September 22, 2018 Osun governorship poll. He said: “There…