On Friday, Terste Kume, the tribunal’s chairman, made fun of Governor Ademola Adeleke while delivering the majority decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
After he was proclaimed the victor of the governorship election last year, he said Mr. Adeleke was dancing to Kiss Daniel’s “Buga.” The governor’s passion for dancing is well known.
On Friday, Mr. Kume fired Mr. Adeleke and declared Gboyega Oyetola, a former governor and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the governorship race.
The tribunal’s chairperson claimed that Mr. Adeleke had won due to illegitimate ballots.
He claimed that the election was not carried out in accordance with the electoral act.
After taking out the invalid votes, he said Mr. Oyetola got 314,931 votes and Mr. Adeleke got 290,666 votes.
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In light of this, he gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) instructions to take back the certificate of return that had been given to Mr. Adeleke and give it to Mr. Oyetola, the “duly elected governor of the state.”
He concluded, “For the purpose of emphasis, the total lawful votes for each of the candidates after the aforementioned subtraction of the illegitimate votes are 314 for the first petitioner and 290,666 for the second respondent.”
“As a result, the second respondent received a lower percentage of the valid votes cast than the winner.” The chairman determined that this declaration renders the declaration and return invalid.
The election that was held on July 16, 2022, resulted in “Buga winning” as the legitimate governor of Osun State, while the second respondent is unable to “go lo lo lo lo.” See the song “Buga” by Kizz Daniel. “Rather, we hereby hold that the 1st Petitioner received a majority of valid votes in the aforementioned election and is hereby returned as such,” the judge ruled.
“The first respondent is now ordered to remove the certificate of return granted to the second respondent and hand it over to the first petitioner as the legally elected governor of Osun State.” As a result, the reliefs 72c, d, e, f, g, h, and I that were already reproduced in the judgement are now granted. The secondary reliefs are hereby dismissed in light of the primary reliefs being granted.
