The osun state election tribunal has revealed that
Senator Iyiola Omisore, who contested for
governorship under the umbrella of the Peoples’
Democratic Party, PDP, received more votes than
Rauf Aregbesola of the All progressives Congress,
APC, in the gubernatorial polls.
The returning officer of the Independent National
Electorial Commission, (INEC) for the state,
Professor Bamitale Omole announced that the
incumbent, Aregbesola, won a majority of votes
with 394,684 votes (57.4%), over Omisor who won
292,747 votes.
The re-counted results, according to the tribunal,
puts Aregbesola at 296,344 votes and Omisore at
308,299, making him the authentic winner of the
elections which held on August 9, 2014, according
to Hope for Nigeria.
Omisore has asked the Tribunal to declare him
winner and governor elect of Osun State, while
Aregbesola demands inec to re-run the elections.
Following this development, Osun state is likely to
have a new governor in weeks to come.
The tribunal’s manual inspection and
re-counting of ballot papers from the election
exposed that over one hundred thousand invalid
votes were counted in favour of Aregbesola in
almost all Local Government Areas in the state.
The tribunal adjourned sitting to October 30, 2014
with newly appointed judges as members.
Serving as chairman of the tribunal will be Justice
E.N. Ikpejime from Benue State. Justice V.I Ofesi
from Delta State and Justice Kutigi from the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja are members.
When the tribunal confirms the re-counted votes
which revealed Omisore as winner, he will be sworn
in as the next governor of the state.
This could happen in weeks to come.hmm
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