Against the backdrop of Friday’s court judgement in Abuja by the election petition tribunal, which declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of September 22 governorship poll in Osun, the legal team of Adeleke has begun moves to get the certificate of return issued to its client.

Delivering its judgment, the tribunal had nullified the election that produced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Gboyega Oyetola as the governor of Osun State and subsequently ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Adeleke.

Findings by Tribune Online indicated that necessary arrangements were being made by Adeleke’s legal team to ensure that INEC complies with the court order with the service of the court order on the electoral umpire.

Speaking to our correspondent during a telephone chat, one of the lead counsels to Adeleke, Barrister Edmond Biriomoni said “right about now, INEC should have been served because the bailiff of the court or the tribunal had actually went to effect service of the tribunal’s judgment on INEC. We have already gotten the copy of the order and the bailiff had gone to serve them (INEC) officially.”

When asked about the plan by the APC and Oyetola to file an appeal against the judgment, he contended that “they are yet to file an appeal. They are yet to lodge a formal appeal. The appeal they are referring to is on the pages of newspapers or on their press release.
They have not filed a formal appeal at the tribunal. This is because I am just leaving the tribunal right now.”

Biriomoni continued “the order of the tribunal still subsist even when they go to the Court of Appeal except they set it aside. Until the Court of Appeal overrules the tribunal, the judgment subsist. Whether they file a notice or not, that does not take away the validity of the judgment until it is overruled by the appellant court, either the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.”

It would be recalled that the Osun election petition tribunal, sitting in Abuja had on Friday nullified the election of Oyetola as the governor of Osun State, cancelling results from 17 polling units over the alteration of results by INEC while it also deducted 2,029 votes of the APC and 1,246 votes of the PDP.

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They should wait for appeal court and Supreme court now. Why in hurry?

Certificate from who?

muykem:
They should wait for appeal court and Supreme court now. Why in hurry?

Everything alright with you sir?

Things must d done differently and right sometimes.

muykem:
They should wait for appeal court and Supreme court now. Why in hurry?

appeal .

dude will only be governor on newspaper and Radio.

fairfora:
appeal court's the last stage as far as governorship election matters are concerned. Only cases thst concern fed govt ends at the supreme court.

It goes to supreme court only legislative case ends in Appeal court.

BuhariAdvocate:
dude will only be governor on newspaper and Radio.

Oya sap sap

eddiebruk:



Everything alright with you sir?

I.m equally wondering

Help me ask him sir

Why the hurry

Make una wait small.

fairfora:
appeal court's the last stage as far as governorship election matters are concerned. Only cases thst concern fed govt ends at the supreme court.

Indomie generation... How old are you .... You're not aware that the fraudulent judgement Wike purchased to remain in office as governor was bought from Supreme court.

I love this man so much, i remember his interview where he confidently said that he doesn't want the APC to know what they have on them until they get to court. The confidence payed off.
This is just like an exact recap of the episodes between peter obi and Chris Ngige in 2006.

NOC1:


It goes to supreme court only legislative case ends in Appeal court.

how come oshomhole's own and that of mimiko ends at the appeal court during Jonathan's time or has the electoral law changed?

it ends in the appeal court man.... browse past precedents

Never celebrate too early
Ask athletico madrid

So Adeleke should be in government house on Monday if am right..

No delay as it dey hot

Never celebrate too early
Ask atletco Madrid
Congrats Cristiano Adeleke

Nice move

Fool

Share for him if he can get it or like for the fool.

idealogical:
Certificate from who?

Maybe WAEC

NOC1:


It goes to supreme court only legislative case ends in Appeal court.

hehehe.una they teach each other .waiting for the guy response.let me do some Google work about it too

Humility017:

how come oshomhole's own and that of mimiko ends at the appeal court during Jonathan's time or has the electoral law changed?

it ends in the appeal court man.... browse past precedents

Akeredolu and Abraham, Ishaku and Mama Taraba, Wike and Peterside. They ended in the Appeal court, right?

Matters of law arising out of petitions go to the Supreme Court. Go and read it up.