Osogbo ----------- The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal is to deliver judgment in the petition challenging Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory in the July 16, 2022, governorship election on  Friday, January 27, 2023.

Former governor of the state, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had challenged the victory of Senator Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Adeleke as the winner of the governorship election, having polled 403, 271 votes against 375, 027 polled by Oyetola.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Adeleke as the winner of the governorship election, having polled 403, 271 votes against 375, 027 polled by Oyetola. was contained in a notice of hearing dated January 24, 2023, signed by the Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr David Mike, and made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Tuesday, noting that, the judgment would be delivered by 9am.

Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, had on January 14 reserved judgment for a later day to be communicated to parties in the matter, shortly after Counsel to both parties had adopted their final written addresses in Osogbo, the state capital.

Oyetola, had on August  5, 2022, filed a petition before the Tribunal, challenging the election results from 749 polling units across 10 local government areas, alleging electoral malpractices, especially over-voting.