{"id":144123,"date":"2023-03-27T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=144123"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:33:05","slug":"oyetola-has-not-congratulated-me-adeleke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/oyetola-has-not-congratulated-me-adeleke\/","title":{"rendered":"Oyetola has not congratulated me \u2013 Adeleke"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-title\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said that the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, has not congratulated him after his victory at the Appeal Court.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Adeleke who said he was open to working with the former governor said he had yet to hear from Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said this when he featured on Arise TV Morning Show on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmediately after the news of the Appeal Court (judgement), I tried to reach out, I called him \u2013 the former Governor Oyetola \u2013 to let us forge ahead to move Osun forward, but up till now, he has not called me to congratulate me and I\u2019m still hoping that he will do that because we don\u2019t have any other state than Osun State here. So, I\u2019m ready, my hands are open, let\u2019s come together and move Osun State forward,\u201d Adeleke said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he would like to say to Oyetola, Adeleke made a U-turn on reaching out to Oyetola, saying he never called the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell let me correct it, I did not say I put a call to him, what I said is I\u2019m still expecting him to call me so that he can congratulate me, and if he wants to do otherwise and go ahead to the Supreme Court, he has the right to do that,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that he would like to work with Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said he was not afraid of the Supreme Court, saying he had his people and God on his side.<\/p>\n<p><em>The <\/em>\u00a0Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, last Friday, set aside the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Adeleke as governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Mohammed Lawal, held that the appeal lodged by Adeleke to challenge his sack by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was meritorious.<\/p>\n<p>The court also awarded a sum of N500,000 as a cost against the All Progressive Congress and its candidate, Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>During the ruling, the justice resolved that the preponderance of proof that there was over-voting in the elections rested on the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>The court also maintained that \u201cthe party alleging non-compliance with the electoral act must prove its case without merely relying on the weakness of the other party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgment, Justice Mohammed Shaibu overruled the judgment of the governorship election tribunal that nullified the outcome of the July governorship polls.<\/p>\n<p>The three-man panel revoked the tribunal\u2019s order which directed that a Certificate of Return be withdrawn from Adeleke and issued to his predecessor and All Progressives Congress candidate, Oyetola.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Appeal set aside the tribunal judgement, affirming Adeleke as the authentic winner and governor of Osun State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said that the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, has not congratulated him after his victory at the Appeal Court. 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