Adeleke Gets A Nod To Inspect INEC Materials
AFNews Reporter
Sep 02, 2022
The Osun Election Tribunal in Osogbo has granted the Peoples Democratic Party's governor-elect, Ademola Ademola's request to inspect the independent National Electoral commission materials and conduct forensic audit of the BVAS machines
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Recall that Governor Gboyega Oyetola, and his party, the All Progressive Congress had on Aug. 22 obtained permission from the Tribunal to expect the materials used for the July 16, governorship poll.
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In a report gathered by News Agency of Nigeria, the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume, granted Adeleke's application to inspect and conduct forensic audit of the BVAS machines.
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One of Adeleke's Counsel, Mr Hashim Abioye, who spoke to newsmen after the proceeding, said there was the need to conduct a thorough forensic audit of the BVAS machine used for the election.
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NAN also reports that Oyetola and APC are plaintiffs in the suit earlier filed, challenging the victory of Adeleke at the governorship election.
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INEC had declared Adeleke as the winner of the Osun July 16 governorship elections, where he defeated the incumbent, Oyetola.
Oyetola, who was not satisfied with the outcome of the election, dragged both INEC and Adeleke to court through his lead counsel, Mr Yomi Aliyu (SAN).
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