Former Governor Aregbesola reacts as supreme court affirms Adegboyega Oyetola as governor

Former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgment that validated the election of Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of the State.

The apex court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal which nullified the March 22 judgement of the Osun State election petition tribunal.

The tribunal had declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the September 2018 election.

The Supreme Court in a split judgement on Friday agreed substantially with the Court of Appeal which ruled that a majority judgement delivered at the tribunal was a nullity.

In his reaction, the former governor took to his twitter to share the news and wrote:

Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, and its candidate in the election Senator Ademola Adeleke are yet to make any official reaction to the development.