Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has reacted to the Supreme Court judgment upholding the election of Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last year’s Osun governorship election.
The apex court on Friday dismissed the appeal of Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the declaration of Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the Osun State governorship election.
DAILY POST reports that in the lead judgment by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, the apex court declared that the absence of the judge who read the majority decision of the election tribunal made the judgment a nullity.
The judge upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal that the proper thing to have done in the absence of Justice Peter Obiorah was to start the entire trial afresh.
Reacting to Supreme Court ruling, Gbajabiamila congratulated Oyetola on the ruling.
He wrote on his Twitter page: “I congratulate the Governor of Osun State, H.E. @GboyegaOyetola on his victory at the Supreme Court.”
Also reacting, Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central Senator, wrote on Twitter: “All the ‘prophets’ in the habit of forecasting or predicting court rulings are becoming wiser; they stayed away from the Osun state matter.”
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