The Supreme Court will today, Friday, July 5, 2019 rule on the result of the last year\u2019s governorship election in Osun State.<\/p>\n
The contest has been between the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Gboyega Oyetola, who is the sitting Governor.<\/p>\n
The apex court will decide the fate of Oyetola and Adeleke in Abuja today.<\/p>\n
DAILY POST had earlier reported that the matter was fixed till July 5.<\/p>\n
Adeleke, had, through his Spokesman Olawale Rasheed, expressed confidence that the court will rule in their favour, saying, \u201cOur lawyers have made the points very clear that Senator Ademola Adeleke was the duly elected governor of Osun State and the tribunal has confirmed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are sure that the Supreme Court will finally stamp it by declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. We are confident that we shall win at the Supreme court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for the APC, Kunle Oyatomi, in the State, also said, \u201cWe are hopeful of victory at the Supreme Court. We have observed prayers in all federal constituencies of Osun State and God will answer our prayers. We won the election and the Supreme Court will surely declare Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the validly elected governor by God\u2019s grace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Supreme Court will today, Friday, July 5, 2019 rule on the result of the last year\u2019s governorship election in Osun State. The contest has been between the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Gboyega Oyetola, who is the sitting Governor. The apex court will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":12367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[594,516,65,620],"class_list":["post-12364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adeleke","tag-osun","tag-pdp","tag-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\n