Osun guber: Why INEC closed case without witness, what its means for Adeleke

Osun guber: Why INEC closed case without witness, what its means for Adeleke - PDP

- There seem to be a ray of hope for Senator Ademola Adeleke, the PDP's gubernatorial candidate in Osun

- This was as the state's governorship tribunal on Thursday, January 24, adjourned the case till Wednesday, January 30

- The development followed after INEC, through its counsel, Adesina Agbede, on Thursday closed the case without a witness

There was a ray of hope for Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s gubernatorial candidate in Osun when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, January 24 closed its defence before the state tribunal without calling any witness.

At the hearing, INEC's counsel, Adesina Agbede, applied to close the case. The tribunal also adjourned the hearing till Wednesday, January 30 to enable the Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to begin his defence, Punch reports.

The tribunal is hearing the petition filed by PDP and Adeleke in the governorship election in which he challenged the position by INEC that Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was the winner of the poll.

The opposition party is claiming that both the exercise and the results were manipulated in the favour of Oyetola

Justice Ibrahim Sirajo, the chairman of the tribunal, on Thursday said that the hearing has been adjourned till the said date to allow the governor, who is the second respondent, put forward his defence.

On his part, Paul Ananaba, a counsel for the petitioner, INEC had endorsed and conceded to the PDP's petition for Adeleke to be declared winner of the poll.

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Ananaba said: “By closing its case without any defence, INEC is saying it cannot challenge the petitioner’s case. INEC has accepted that we are right in our prayers that the rightful winner of the election is PDP’S Ademola Adeleke.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the senator representing Kogi west at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, on Friday, November 9, predicted that Adeleke would regain his mandate.

Melaye said this on one of his social media handles describing "Adeleke as a governor-in-waiting." Adeleke lost the election to Oyetola, who was sworn-in to succeed Rauf Aregbesola.

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