Misterone:
Yeah, his forgery case may likely nail him because if it passes, then one can forge a certificate and add others as supporting documents and later claim since the other certificates are valid, the forged one does not matter

Forgery case has been settled after the 2019 election.

What is Reserved Judgment?
After all of the evidence has been heard and each party has completed their closing argument, the Employment Tribunal will give its judgment. Sometimes, usually when the issues are straightforward, this will be given soon after this, the Judge and or Tribunal may retire for an hour or so and will return to the room when the Judge is ready to read out his or her judgment. The parties then listen to the oral judgement which will subsequently be confirmed in writing.

However, in the longer or more complex cases (and sometimes when the Tribunal has run out of time) the judgement will be said to be reserved. When judgment has been reserved at the end of a hearing, a written judgment should be sent to the parties as soon as practicable (this is set out in rule 61(1) of the ET rules).

donbrowser:


Adeleke izzz gone

His lawyer did not do well. He should have gone for someone like Akin Olujimi.
Even though I'm APC but I want him to rule Osun state for one term at least bcoz it's obvious he loves his people and he wants to make his own contributions.

*Governor Ademola Adeleke, PDP, INEC Defends July 16 2022 Governorship Election Victory, As Apc Wobbles At Appeal Court*

***Tribunal Bound By Applicable Judicial Decisions - Appeal Panel Chairman

*** Appeal Court Reserves Judgement On All Grounds Of Appeal

The appeal court sitting holden in Abuja on Monday reserved judgement on the three grounds of appeal by Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, The Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the propriety of the split judgement delivered by the election petition tribunal in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on January 26,2023.

Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), Alex Iziyon (SAN), and Professor Paul Anababa (SAN) representing Governor Ademola Adeleke, the PDP and INEC respectively contended that the lower tribunal erred in law to have overlooked weight of evidence placed before it, in line with provisions of the electoral act 2022 as ammended.

The trio, leading other eminent lawyers told the court that it was a fatal error for the magistrate member of the lower tribunal, Mrs Basiru Rabi, to have assumed that appending her signature alone to the judgment delivered by the tribunal chairman without proclaiming her judgement in the open court should render the tribunal judgment invalid.

According to the learned silks, where and whenever judges sit in panel on crucial decision as in the case of election petition, the interpretation of the law by the supreme court should be followed to the effect that signature appended on the judgment without her opinion in the open court in effect is to nullify the judgment she co-signed.

On the allegation of forgery of testimonial certificate of Governor Ademola Adeleke, Dr Ikpeazu particularly drew attention of the panel to the fact as to whether the tribunal decision a fatality of the tribunal judgment after ignoring a subsisting decision by the appellate court on the alleged forged document which had been effectively laid all issues on the matter to rest by without any known appeal. The lower court shouldn't have even considered such ground of the petition at all as it amounted to judicial affront on the powers of a superior court of competent jurisdiction.

Matters got to a head when the appeal panel chairman, honorable justice Shuaib Mohammed posed a question to Apc Counsel, Lateef Fagbemi, as to whether a court of law is not duty bound to take judicial notice, all decisions applicable to a case under consideration. The court as a matter of fact, according to the chairman, does not need to avail the court any copy of the judgment so far appropriate authority of the judgment was cited in court.

On the BVAS machine, the Apc founded their petition on an election conducted at the polling units but failed to tender materials used at the poling units which include the BVAS machine, form Ec8A, and voter register used at the said polling units. The PDP counsels wondered how it was convenient for the lower tribunal to have bypassed these fundamental pieces of evidence in the July 16 2022 election before arriving at their decision.

The findings on the primary BVAS machine used for the election only showed infraction of over-voting in just 6 polling units with a paltry differentials of a little over a thousand votes. But surprisingly, the lower court failed to look at the evidence as placed before it even after the inspection carried out on the BVAS used at the affected polling units and the report generated therein were products of the order of the same panel.

On the backend server report and certification. The appellant counsels asked the court to invalidate the admitted documents which emanated from it as the process of statutory payment for certification for report obtained by Apc from Inec was inappropriate and should render the document invalid. The receipt showing payment for the document so obtained should have a proven nexus between it and the date the document was certified.

The caretaker committee chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle led other PDP leaders to the appeal court sitting.

rolams:


Forgery case has been settled after the 2019 election.

first of all, in an appeal, no new evidence is introduced. Therefore, based on the tribunal judgement that forgery was committed but not enough the disqualify the PDP candidate. A cross appeal was filed by the APC for the court of appeal to decide whether forgery is grade by grade as the tribunal stated.

Frankiss44:


Is it the same Ikpeazu that was the first man to win a governorship case in Nigeria by bringing Obi back to the anambra sit after he was rigged out.. Someone that hasn't lost a case in his legal career.. You guys are funny I swear

I beg that is Anambra champion lawyer. You can see how your Anambra champion lawyer has been turned to a baby lawyer in Osun state matter. Hope you are following the case? South west still has best sets of international brain lawyers. He never lost case because he is a local south east champion, this case now is in South west, getting prepare to loose the case

BREAKING NEWS
APC PLANS VOTERS' SCARING CAMPAIGNS THROUGH GUNSHOTS
● Plots to Suppress Voters' Turn out
● Seeks to Blame PDP for Gun Campaigns
A meeting of Osun state leaders of the All Progressive Congress(APC) was allegedly held today at a secret location at Osogbo where a decision was taken to launch a voters' scaring campaign through sporadic gunshots starting from Thursday.
The meeting attended by two defeated senatorial candidates, a leading member of the House of Assembly, two former commissioners and five other party bigwigs agreed to launch the gun shooting campaigns from Thursday night up to the wee hours of Friday.
As part of its voters' suppression plan, the APC is also planning to shift the blame of the evil plan on the Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A very dependable source at the meeting reported that those in attendance lamented the growing unpopularity of the APC and the increasing sign that the PDP may continue its winning streak at the Saturday polls.
" The meeting admitted the high popular rating of Governor Adeleke and the rousing welcome the state Governor is receiving among the residents during his campaigns for the Assembly candidates. The meeting had a candid review of the Governor's performance which they agreed has been quite good. There is a feeling among them that the Saturday election is lost already. There is open desperation among those at the meeting.
" I can tell you the meeting also discussed alleged tongue lashing of Osun APC by the President-elect, Tinubu. They felt rejected by Tinubu and so they seem ready to resort to self help. They sounded very desperate at the meeting", the source said.
It was learnt that the meeting resolved that the only way to stop a 26-0 win by the PDP is to ensure voter suppression by enforcing low turnout of voters.
The meeting felt sporadic gunshots could do the magic of forcing voters to stay at home next Saturday, the source posited,citing the case of a former Commissioner at the meeting who boasted that he had already started the gun shots campaign in his local government.
The APC is however oiling a strategy to blame PDP leaders for the series of gunshot incidents.
Already, APC seems to have secured the police partnership in the ongoing raid and hunt for PDP leaders
Further checks revealed that the planned voter suppression is to be supported by ongoing planned arrests of key PDP leaders across the state. This the meeting also felt will reduce the capacity of the PDP to mobilise its supporters.
Our correspondent however reported further that the meeting ended hurriedly when the infighting between Mr Oyetola and Senator Omisore surfaced towards the tail end of the meeting.
It would be recalled that the state PDP leadership had cried for help over alleged collusion between the police and the APC to arrest and detain top PDP leaders ahead of the Saturday polls.

Misterone:
first of all, in an appeal, no new evidence is introduced. Therefore, based on the tribunal judgement that forgery was committed but not enough the disqualify the PDP candidate. A cross appeal was filed by the APC for the court of appeal to decide whether forgery is grade by grade as the tribunal stated.

Ok ooo

press9jatv:
BREAKING NEWS
APC PLANS VOTERS' SCARING CAMPAIGNS THROUGH GUNSHOTS
● Plots to Suppress Voters' Turn out
● Seeks to Blame PDP for Gun Campaigns
A meeting of Osun state leaders of the All Progressive Congress(APC) was allegedly held today at a secret location at Osogbo where a decision was taken to launch a voters' scaring campaign through sporadic gunshots starting from Thursday.
The meeting attended by two defeated senatorial candidates, a leading member of the House of Assembly, two former commissioners and five other party bigwigs agreed to launch the gun shooting campaigns from Thursday night up to the wee hours of Friday.
As part of its voters' suppression plan, the APC is also planning to shift the blame of the evil plan on the Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A very dependable source at the meeting reported that those in attendance lamented the growing unpopularity of the APC and the increasing sign that the PDP may continue its winning streak at the Saturday polls.
" The meeting admitted the high popular rating of Governor Adeleke and the rousing welcome the state Governor is receiving among the residents during his campaigns for the Assembly candidates. The meeting had a candid review of the Governor's performance which they agreed has been quite good. There is a feeling among them that the Saturday election is lost already. There is open desperation among those at the meeting.
" I can tell you the meeting also discussed alleged tongue lashing of Osun APC by the President-elect, Tinubu. They felt rejected by Tinubu and so they seem ready to resort to self help. They sounded very desperate at the meeting", the source said.
It was learnt that the meeting resolved that the only way to stop a 26-0 win by the PDP is to ensure voter suppression by enforcing low turnout of voters.
The meeting felt sporadic gunshots could do the magic of forcing voters to stay at home next Saturday, the source posited,citing the case of a former Commissioner at the meeting who boasted that he had already started the gun shots campaign in his local government.
The APC is however oiling a strategy to blame PDP leaders for the series of gunshot incidents.
Already, APC seems to have secured the police partnership in the ongoing raid and hunt for PDP leaders
Further checks revealed that the planned voter suppression is to be supported by ongoing planned arrests of key PDP leaders across the state. This the meeting also felt will reduce the capacity of the PDP to mobilise its supporters.
Our correspondent however reported further that the meeting ended hurriedly when the infighting between Mr Oyetola and Senator Omisore surfaced towards the tail end of the meeting.
It would be recalled that the state PDP leadership had cried for help over alleged collusion between the police and the APC to arrest and detain top PDP leaders ahead of the Saturday polls.

Adeleke is the chief security officer of the state, he needs to act fast on this if the information is true. No polling unit on the internet!

sreamsense:

I beg that is Anambra champion lawyer. You can see how your Anambra champion lawyer has been turned to a baby lawyer in Osun state matter. Hope you are following the case? South west still has best sets of international brain lawyers. He never lost case because he is a local south east champion, this case now is in South west, getting prepare to loose the case

It is always the kids that feel they know two much.. Everything is a tribal war.. Google the case that dude has handled and free yourself from ignorance..

sreamsense:

I beg that is Anambra champion lawyer. You can see how your Anambra champion lawyer has been turned to a baby lawyer in Osun state matter. Hope you are following the case? South west still has best sets of international brain lawyers. He never lost case because he is a local south east champion, this case now is in South west, getting prepare to loose the case

Where are u? The anambra baby lawyer has just won oh... When you kids rant here on nairaland I just laugh