The Nigerian Supreme Court on Monday announced Tuesday, the 9th of May as the date for the delivery of its judgment in the disputed 16th of July, 2022 governorship election in Osun State.
The apex court fixed the 24-hour period for the judgment delivery after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter.
Africa Today News, New York reports that at the centre of the election which is being disputed is the incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who stood for the poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Adegboyega Oyetola who was the All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate.
However, while Oyetola is the appellant in the Supreme Court matter, having lost at the Court of Appeal, Adeleke is the major respondent who won the Court of Appeal decision.
The Supreme Court is expected to deliver the final verdict by 2 pm on the 9th of May (Tomorrow).
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At today’s proceedings, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN argued for the APC.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on Friday, March 24, vacated the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that the appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, held that the appeal Adeleke lodged to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was meritorious.
Aside from setting aside the judgment of the tribunal, the court, in its lead judgment that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal, awarded N500,000 cost against the All Progressive Congress, APC, and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.
Ahead of tomorrow’s ruling, many political watchers have been looking forward to what the apex court will decide on the case.