The Supreme Court set Tuesday, May 9, as the deadline for a decision in the disputed governorship election in Osun State.
After hearing arguments from the parties engaged in the case, the Supreme Court set a 24-hour deadline for the delivering of the ruling.
The current Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who ran on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP platform, and Adegboyega Oyetola, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, are at the center of the disputed election.
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 will deliver the final verdict by 2 pm on May 9.
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.
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.