Intrigues As Tinubu Congratulates Adeleke Over Supreme Court Victory

Intrigues As Tinubu Congratulates Adeleke Over Supreme Court Victory

  • The president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state for his victory at the supreme court
  • Tinubu also commended Gboyega Oyetola for strengthening the country's democracy by fighting to the supreme court and noted that the apex court decision is final
  • He then urged the Osun state governor to settle down and begin to work and as well as unite the people of the state

FCT, Abuja - Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has sent warm greetings to Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun state, for recording a victory at the supreme court on Tuesday, May 9.

Tinubu, in a statement sent to Legit.ng and signed by Tunde Rahman of the president-elect's office on Tuesday, May 9, urged the governor to immediately move in uniting the state.

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Tinubu congratulates Ademola Adeleke over supreme court victory Photo Credit: Ademola Adeleke, Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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The president-elect said the apex court had put an end to the tussle that emanated from July 2022 governorship election in Osun state, adding that the decision of the supreme court must be respected by all.

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Tinubu then commended the immediate past governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola, for his credible discharge during his first term as governor of the state.

He said the former governor had deepened the country's democracy with the way he pursued his democratic rights peacefully to the end.

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Adeleke had defeated Oyetola, who was reported to be the cousin to the president-elect, in the July 2022 governorship election in the state.

Oyetola had challenged the outcome of the election at the tribunal, where he was declared the winner of the poll, but the appeal and supreme courts upturned the decision of the tribunal and declared Adeleke as the authentic winner of the election.

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The statement reads in part:

"Now that the matter of the July 16, 2022 Osun State Governorship Election has been brought to a close, I urge Governor Adeleke to immediately settle down to work and continue from where the former governor left it. He should now move to unite the state. I also urge all the people of Osun to work for peace and progress in the state."

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Felix Morka, the spokesperson of the APC, in a statement on Monday, also announced the nomination of Abbas Tajudeen for the position of speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng