Gov. Adeleke says, “I Would Want To Work With Oyetola.”
Osun State’s current governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, claims that the state’s outgoing governor, Gboyega Oyetola, failed to congratulate him on his win at the Appeal Court.
Adeleke, who expressed a willingness to collaborate with the former governor, claimed not to have heard from Oyetola.
The governor made this statement on Monday’s episode of the Arise TV Morning Show.
“I contacted the previous Governor Oyetola as soon as I heard about the Appeal Court (judgment) to ask him to help us take Osun forward. But, as of right now, he has not called to congratulate me, and I’m still hopeful that he would since we don’t have any other states here than Osun State. So let’s work together to advance Osun State; I’m ready; my hands are open,” Adeleke stated.
Adeleke reversed his position on contacting Oyetola when asked what he would want to say to the former governor and said he never phoned him.
In order to clarify, the governor added, “I did not say I called him; rather, I indicated that I still anticipate him to contact me so that he may congratulate me. If he chooses to do differently and go to the Supreme Court, however, he has the right to do so.
He stated his desire to collaborate with Oyetola once again.
The governor said that he had God and his people on his side and that he was not frightened of the Supreme Court.
According to a Punch report, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja last Friday overturned the tribunal’s decision invalidating Adeleke’s election as the state’s governor.
By a unanimous vote of a three-judge panel chaired by Justice Mohammed Lawal, the appellate court determined that Adeleke’s appeal against being fired by the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal was meritorious.
The court also fined the All Progressive Congress and its candidate, Oyetola, N500,000 as costs.
The judge concluded that the petitioner had shown the majority of the evidence showing there had been excessive voting in the elections.
Also, the court affirmed that “the party claiming non-compliance with the electoral legislation must show its case without solely relying on the rival party’s weakness”
