The chairman of the Osun State Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has delivered a dissenting judgement in the Osun State governorship election petition.

Justice Muhammed Ibrahim Sirajo on Friday dismissed the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, which alleged that there was election non-compliance with the Electoral Act in the election.

Justice Sirajo ruled that the petitioners failed to prove the claims at the tribunal.

He further ruled that where it is established that there is non compliance, the tribunal does not have “the powers to subtract the votes of the non compliance and declare a candidate winner.”

He added that under Section 140(3) of the Electoral Act, where substantial non compliance is proved, the tribunal can only order a supplementary or fresh election.

The chairman however adviced INEC to only comply with the majority decisions concurrently delivered by Justices Peter Chudi Obiorah and Adegboye Ayinla Gbolagunte.

The main judgment of the panel had invalidated the rerun election of September 27, 2018 which returned Governor Gboyega Oyetola as winner and withdrew the certificate of return issued to him by INEC.


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/tribunal-chairman-disagrees-to-judgement-declaring-adeleke-winner-of-osun-guber-poll.html

I am not understanding.
Is it the law that is confused or the people passing the law??
confusion everywhere.

Ghen Ghen

Ok

Op, to make your article clear to those that are confused and to those who wish to learn, where a judgment is been delivered and there are 3 judges like in this Osun case, where two judges are of the same view and one is against it, the majority carries the vote so the chairman view doesn't change anything.

Even if it's at the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice is dissenting and two others are agreeing, those agreeing carries the day.


That's why some uninformed people are thinking that for the so called Acting CJN Buhari sworn in illegally will help Buhari during judgment, if other judges dissent from declaring Buhari winner and the So called Acting CJN upheld the judgment during Atiku vs Buhari appeal, nothing the Acting CJN can do, majority carries the day. Mind you I'm neither pro APC or Pro PDP in national level.
I'm just a lawyer talking from the angle of law!

The other Chairman can go and kill himself, Adeleke we know

The Chairman is a Northern but thank God for upright men from the South

He he, Buhari has made the call

Country of comedies

Wahala

Zombiekiller010:
The other Chairman can go and kill himself, Adeleke we know

wetin be the name of that tribunal chairman sef?

Mohammed ba?

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I no tell You?
Somebody supply me that meme abeg
The only good Mohammed is Salah of Liverpool FC

He can go and ...

Okay

The way the children of hate are masturbating over this osun issue, one would be forgiven to think that it was the supreme court which just have It's judgement on the matter.

Buhari must go

Somebody shud epp me teh dah apc tribunal chairman to go an die

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Medicine after...

Where are the next level urchins?

Tinubu, how market?
Buharig, you see your lies.
Congratulations to the people of Osun for rejecting that satanic party.
Kogi people, brace up

OCEANMORGAN:

I am not understanding.
Is it the law that is confused or the people passing the law??
confusion everywhere.

I'm guessing a 3 man panel...2 voted Yes, 1(chairman) voted no.

Na them sabi...better leave our Adeleke to dance for us.

Zombies cam masturbate to this lol

He's in minority so it's not important.

Mere minority judgement of an APC and Islamic apologist judge.

The judgement can be upturned by superior courts

Excelboi:
Op, to counter your article and to those who wish to learn, where a judgment is been delivered and there are 3 judges like in this Osun case, where two judges are of the same view and one is against it, the majority carries the vote so the chairman view doesn't change anything.

Even if it's at the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice is dissenting and two others are agreeing, those agreeing carries the day.

God bless you immediately

Minority can have their say while majority must have their way

Excelboi:
Op, to counter your article and to those who wish to learn, where a judgment is been delivered and there are 3 judges like in this Osun case, where two judges are of the same view and one is against it, the majority carries the vote so the chairman view doesn't change anything.

Even if it's at the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice is dissenting and two others are agreeing, those agreeing carries the day.

Shut up, You this local boi. What do you know

Stupid Afonjas

Meaning from this mans explanation, the other judges only declared Adeleke the winner because the supplementary votes casted didn’t follow the proper electoral law.


In other words, the tribunal has nullify the rescheduled election and the whole election is still inconclusive because the gap between the leader(Adeleke) and the runner up(Oyetola) is still less than the cancelled votes.


Adeleke should not rejoice at all. His victory is on a thin ice and even an untrained lawyer can overturn then tribunal judgement.

I will comment when the supreme court deliver it judgment. Oyetola remains my governor for now!

What kind of fresh elections? The Rerun itself was an illegality and it’s conduct was an even bigger illegality.