Osun state governorship election petition tribunal
has upheld the re-election of Rauf Aregbesola as
governor of the state. Senator Iyiola Omisore, the
PDP candidate at the August 9th 2014 election
had petitioned the tribunal over claims that the
election was rigged in favor of the Governor.
At its sitting in the state today February 6th, the
Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Elizabeth
Ipejime, said the witnesses brought in by Senator
Omisore did not prove beyond reasonable doubt
that the elections were rigged in favor of the
governor.
"The testimonies of these witnesses are
unsatisfactory and PDP forensic analyst did
not show that ballot papers were not used
accordingly. As such, their testimonies
failed to support their claims. None of them
gave evidence on the issue of multiple
voting, which they earlier claimed. The
panel also held that issue of multiple voting
was not found in his examination. On
allegations of over-voting, no single
evidence of over voting was proved.
Similarly, on the allegations that O’Yes was
used as INEC officials, there is no such
evidence.”Justice Ipejime said
