Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has hailed the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke at the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
Concise News reports that the tribunal sitting in Abuja on Friday declared Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Peoples (PDP) as the winner of the state election.
It held that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, were not validly returned.
According to the tribunal, the rerun of the election on September 27, 2018, in seven polling units was illegal.
It stated the exercise was borne out of an illegal cancellation of results in the polling units during the September 22, 2018, original poll.
The Returning Officer who declared the results cancelled, according to the tribunal, lacked the power to do it.
Reacting to the judgement on his Twitter page on Friday, Fani-Kayode congratulated Adeleke and the PDP on the victory at the tribunal.
He wrote: “Congratulations to Governor-elect Demola Adeleke and the Osun state @OfficialPDPNig on a great victory at the election tribunal. We have done it! My state, Osun state has finally gone PDP. I am overjoyed and overwhelmed. Praise the Lord! To him alone be the glory!”
Congratulations to Governor-elect Demola Adeleke and the Osun state @OfficialPDPNig on a great victory at the election tribunal. We have done it! My state, Osun state has finally gone PDP. I am overjoyed and overwhelmed. Praise the Lord! To him alone be the glory!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 22, 2019
