Fire for fire as Adeleke assembles 52 lawyers for tribunal battle with Governor Oyetola
- 52 lawyers have been assembled to help Osun state governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, defend his mandate
- The lawyers are to defend Adeleke at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo in a case instituted by the outgoing governor
- Some of the lawyers that will be defending Adeleke at the tribunal include: Dr Alex Izinyon, Dr Paul Ananaba and Dr Onyeachi Ikpeazu among others
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In a show of force, Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has assembled about 52 lawyers to defend his case at the Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo.
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, who contested the July 16 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, had asked the tribunal in Osogbo to nullify Adeleke’s election, Punch Newspaper reports.
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Adeleke was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election.
Dr Alex Izinyon, Dr Paul Ananaba and Dr Onyeachi Ikpeazu are among the seven SANs defending Adeleke and other respondents.
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While Izinyon would be leading another SAN and 16 other lawyers for the PDP, Ananaba would be representing INEC with two other SANs and 14 lawyers.
Ikpeazu would be leading another SAN with no fewer than 10 other lawyers to defend Adeleke.
Oyetola had, in his petition, said the election was fraught with certain irregularities, adding that Adeleke ought not to have been declared the winner as he was not qualified to have contested the election in the first place, having submitted a forged certificate to INEC.
Osun polls: Oyetola gets court backing over Adeleke
In another development, uncertainties have begun to threaten Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Osun state governor-elect.
His tribunal case with Governor Gboyega Oyetola recently got a new twist ahead of the main showdown.
A new development shows that the tribunal has granted the exparte order to probe the electoral material and other requests.
In Osun, PDP accuse Oyetola of plotting to swindle state wealth with new recruitments
Meanwhile, no fewer than 1,500 teachers have been approved for recruitment by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun state. This is coming after the state government recruited 1,000 teachers, who underwent a series of tests before being selected for recruitment.
Funke Egbemode, the Osun state commissioner for information and civic orientation made this known via a statement. As contained in the statement, she stated that the new recruitment was necessary to fill in gaps and improve the educational system of the state.
She stated that the deployment of these teachers will focus more on rural communities and that a committee has been set up to oversee that aspect.
Source: Legit.ng
