The Election Petitions Tribunal hearing matters arising from the Osun State governorship election of August 9, 2014 is set to deliver its final judgment on Friday, January 6 (tomorrow).
Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr. Adamu Aliyu, confirmed the date on the telephone to our correspondent in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Wednesday.
“The judgement is coming up on Friday, January 6,” he said.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyiola Omisore, had dragged Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress to the tribunal.
Chairman of the panel, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, had on January 23, during the adoption of written addresses by all parties, adjourned indefinitely for the final judgment.
The PDP candidate, who came second in the election with 292,747 votes against Aregbesola’s 394,684 votes, prayed the tribunal to sack the governor and declare him the winner of the poll.
Omisore’s counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), had told the tribunal during the address stage that Aregbesola admitted that he scored 234,971 votes, and not the 394,684 credited to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Chief Akin Olujinmi (SAN), who represented Aregbesola, explained that the governor did not admit scoring less than the number of votes credited to him.
He stated that what the table meant was that “assuming with our conceding that the tribunal cancel the result in the disputed units, the first respondent would still have won with the new figure.”
He argued that the petitioner failed to prove his petition.
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