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 TRENT ONLINE reports.
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.
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.
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.
All efforts to contact the tribual proved abortive but readers will be update on latest development
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