THE chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, Hon Soji Adagunodo, on Thursday urged the members of the party not to be discouraged by the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upturned the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of September 2018 governorship poll in the state.
He said the judgment of the appellate court was not final, assuring that the party would challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court.
Reacting to the judgment in a statement, Adagunodo said: “we received the Appeal Court Judgement of the Osun State Election petition of today with a huge shock.”
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“Considering all evidence before the lower court and legal points adduced by our legal team at the Appeal Court, we expect victory at the Appeal Court but that’s the beauty of democracy, you win one you lose one and it is not over until it is over.”
“We have hope in the judiciary, that does not mean that once in a while there won’t be some hiccups in the judicial process, it is understandable and expected that all judges are not the same and they don’t think the same and we believe that at the end of the day the Supreme Court will do justice to our case and victory will be ours.”
“We enjoin our people to be peaceful, calm resolute and have high hope, in the next two months, by the grace of God, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke will be declared as the governor of Osun State and by then the swearing-in of the new governor in Osun State will be the next stage.”
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