Skip to main content

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.

READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda

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.

PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet!

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.

NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng: Same great journalism, upgraded for better service!

Osun Election 2018: I will surely win this election - Senator Adeleke | Legit TV

Source: Legit.ng



from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on Legit.ng 24/7 http://bit.ly/2UhgaFB
via EDUPEDIA24/7

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

These funny food quotes will make you laugh like crazy

Food is not only an essential part of the daily routine but also the most exciting one. We cannot imagine our life without something yummy. How do you make ordinary eating fun and unforgettable? We bring to your attention amazing food quotes which will definitely make you smile. Image: unsplash.com (modified by author) Source: UGC Are you looking for interesting ideas to entertain your interlocutor while having lunch at work or family dinner? Then this article is definitely for you! Good food quotes Below are food quotes, aphorisms and witty statements. This is an exciting and extraordinary collection of the top "pearls of wisdom" on this topic. Here you can find funny jokes and sayings, intelligent thoughts of philosophers and original words of great thinkers and inspiring statuses from social networks, as well as many other things. The best appetite comes without food. I love calories. They are dаmn tasty. An empty stomach is the Devil's playground. Have bre
Post a Comment
Read more

The Transitional Phase of African Poetry

The Transitional Phase The second phase, which we have chosen to call transitional, is represented by the poetry of writers like Abioseh Nicol, Gabriel Okara, Kwesi Brew, Dennis Brutus, Lenrie Peters and Joseph Kariuki. This is poetry which is written by people we normally refer to as modem and who may be thought of as belonging to the third phase. The characteristics of this poetry are its competent and articulate use of the received European language, its unforced grasp of Africa’s physical, cultural and socio-political environment and often its lyricism. To distinguish this type of poetry we have to refer back to the concept of appropriation we introduced earlier. At the simplest and basic level, the cultural mandate of possessing a people’s piece of the earth involves a mental and emotional homecoming within the physical environment. Poems like Brew’s ‘‘Dry season”, Okara’s “Call of the River Nun”, Nicol’s “The meaning of Africa” and Soyinka’s “Season”, to give a few examples,
Post a Comment
Read more

The pioneering phase of African Poetry

The pioneering phase We have called the first phase that of the pioneers. But since the phrase “pioneer poets” has often been used of writers of English expression like Osadebay, Casely-Hayford and Dei-Anag, we should point out that our “pioneer phase” also includes Negritude poets of French expression. The poetry of this phase is that of writers in “exile” keenly aware of being colonials, whose identity was under siege. It is a poetry of protest against exploitation and racial discrimination, of agitation for political independence, of nostalgic evocation of Africa’s past and visions of her future. However, although these were themes common to poets of both English and French expression, the obvious differences between the Francophone poets and the Anglophone writers of the 1930s and 1940s have been generally noted. Because of the intensity with which they felt their physical exile from Africa, coupled with their exposure to the experimental contemporary modes of writing in F
Post a Comment
Read more