The Federal Lawmaker representing Oriade- Onokun Federal Constituency of Osun State, Hon Busayo Wole Oke, has applauded the judgment of the Court of Appeal Akure Division, which affirmed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governorship Election Primary that produced the Osun State Governor-Elect, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, as the rightful candidate of the party in the last governorship in the State.
This was contained in a statement made available to reporters on Wednesday shortly after the verdict he described as a victory for democracy.
Hon Oke, also the House of Representatives Committee on Public Account Chairman, congratulated the people of the State.
He also charged all party stakeholders in the State to remain united behind Sen. Ademola Adeleke in his determination to institute a transparent, people-oriented, and development-based government that would rebuild and revamp Osun State from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
While commending the judiciary for its courage in arriving at the judgment, the lawmaker stated that the judgment had further restored the confidence of Nigerians in the nation’s judicial system and the processes of the PDP.
According to him, “the coast is now clear, our great party has taken over, and we are set to restore good governance back to the State and we will make it happen, we will not disappoint the People and the country. Osun will work again.”
The Court of Appeal had dismissed a suit filed by Dotun Babayemi, governorship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against Ademola Adeleke.
Mr. Babayemi had taken Adeleke before a Federal High Court in Osogbo, seeking to be declared the PDP candidate for the July 16 governorship election in Osun State.
On March 8, 2021, two factions of the party conducted separate governorship primaries featuring Adeleke and Babayemi.
Babayemi was declared the winner of the primary election held at the Children and Women Development Centre in Osogbo. In contrast, the primary election held at Osogbo City Stadium and backed by the PDP National Working Committee produced Adeleke.
In a list of candidates later released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Adeleke was recognised as the duly elected candidate to fly the PDP’s flag in the state’s governorship election.
The Court of Appeal, in its judgment on Wednesday, upheld the high court’s verdict and consequently dismissed Babayemi’s appeal.
On July 16, INEC declared Adeleke, the governorship election winner.
He secured 403 371 votes to defeat Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 375,027 votes.
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