The
governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator
Ademola Adeleke alongside the state’s chairman, Mr Soji Adagunodo and other party members were among
those who stormed the tribunal in the state capital yesterday.
Adeleke, has asked
the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo to declare him the winner of
the governorship election in the state.
He made the prayer on Tuesday when he filed a
petition at the tribunal to challenge the victory of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) candidate and governor-elect, Mr Gboyega Oyetola.
He was represented at the tribunal by his
running mate in the poll, Mr Albert Adeogun.
The 593-page petition was filed by one of the
counsels to the PDP and its candidate, Mr Kanu Agabi.
The lawmaker and his party asked the tribunal
led by Justice T.A. Igoche to nullify the victory of the governor-elect in the
September 22 election.
They also asked the tribunal to declare the
senator the winner of the poll because he polled the highest number of lawful
votes cast and met other requirements of the law.
Mr Adagunodo told reporters that he was confident that his party would
reclaim its mandate.
Senator Adeleke filed the petition at the
tribunal barely three weeks after the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) declared Mr Oyetola as the winner of the Osun governorship election.
The APC candidate had trailed the senator by
353 votes before going into a supplementary election which held in seven
polling units in the state on September 27.
However, his votes from the supplementary
poll were enough to help him overturn the deficit and be returned as winner of
the keenly contested election.
INEC consequently declared Oyetola the winner
of the election.
The final votes announced by the electoral
body showed that Oyetola got 255,505 votes, while Adeleke polled 255,023 votes.
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