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Osun: Gov Oyetola promises to clear salaries, pledges sustained full payments

Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has promised to pay all salary arrears of civil servants in the State. Furthermore, the Governor also promised to keep paying their salaries in full. The governor made the promise at an event organised by the civil servants to celebrate his Friday’s victory at the Supreme Court, which reaffirmed him as the winner of the ...

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Oyetola’s SC Victory: Majority judgement dealt with technical issues, not constitutional provisions- PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun says it has accepted the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Gov. Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the September 2018 governorship election in the state. Mr Soji Adagunodo, the State PDP Chairman, in a telephone interview with newsmen in Osogbo said since Supreme court was the apex court in the land, there was ...

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President Buhari Congratulates Gov Oyetola for his victory at Supreme Court

Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on the Friday for his victory at Supreme Court which upheld the gubernatorial election that produced him. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publucity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday, the president commended the government and people of Osun in allowing the rule of law to ...

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The future of Osun is safe under Oyetola, APC assures

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun says the residents of the state needs to believe that the future of the state is secured under the leadership of Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola. The party made this known in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kunle Oyatomi. ” In less than a year of being mandated ...

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Osun Election: Gov Oyetola, APC ask Supreme Court to dismiss Adeleke’s suit

Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss appeals filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke challenging his victory in the 2018 Osun Governorship election. Adeleke had approached the apex court with appeals, marked: SC/553/2019; SC/554/2019; SC/555/2019 and SC/556/2019 aimed at upturning Oyetola’s declaration as winner of the ...

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Oyetola Vs Adeleke: Supreme Court fixes July 5 for judgement

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday adjourned has fixed July 5 to deliver judgement on the appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke against the election of Osun State governor Gboyega Oyetola. Adeleke, the People Democratic Party candidate for the Osun State September 2018 election, is asking the apex court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal in favour of ...

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Oyetola’s Victory at Court reaffirms Osun voters position at poll- Yoruba Group

The Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum says as Appeal Court’s declaration of Gov. Gboyega  Oyetola winner of 2018 Osun governorship election reaffirms Osun voters position at the poll. The forum said this in a statement issued to newsmen by its Secretary-General, Mr Akin Malaolu, on Friday in Abuja. It noted that Oyetola’s actions after being sworn in as governor confirmed that ...

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Breaking: Appeal Court nullifies tribunal’s judgement on Osun Governorship poll, upholds Oyetola’s victory

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal which nullified the victory of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. In the lead judgement, Justice Hannatu Sankey set aside the entire proceedings of the Tribunal because of its “faulty composition”. She added that ordinarily the matter should be returned to the lower Tribunal ...

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Osun: Why Appeal Court must void Tribunal’s judgement- Oyetola

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has given reasons why the Appeal Court must reverse the judgment of the Osun Election Tribunal which nullified his election as governor. Oyetola, had asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to reverse the March 22 majority judgment of Osun Election Tribunal which declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke winner of September 2018 election. The tribunal had, ...

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Osun: Why we can’t issue Certificate of Return to Adeleke now- INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can issue a certificate of return to Sen Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) only if the embattled governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola fails to appeal the judgment of the tribunal that sacked him within 21 days, the commission says. The Osun State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja had ...

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