The All Progressives Congress legal team in Osun State and Adebayo Adedamola, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the August 15 election, have disowned petitions challenging the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Their denials followed the display on Monday, September 7, of two separate petitions on the notice board of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo. The first petition, marked EPT/OS/GOV/01/2026, lists Bola Oyebamiji and the APC as petitioners, with Adeleke, Accord and the Independent National Electoral Commission as
The second petition, marked EPT/OS/GOV/02/2026, lists Adedamola as the petitioner, while INEC, Accord and Adeleke are named as respondents. Pefe Belemore, secretary of the tribunal, confirmed that petitions challenging the outcome of the August 15 governorship election had been filed.
However, the APC legal team said it did not authorise any petition challenging Adeleke’s victory, while Adedamola said neither he nor his lawyer had filed a case against the governor. Adekunle Adegoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and one of the leaders of the APC legal team, said the lawyers advised Oyebamiji against approaching the tribunal after the election.
“Right from the second day of the election, at the level of the legal team being led by about four senior advocates of Nigeria, Dr Biodun Layoonu (SAN), Dr Yomi Aliyu (SAN), myself, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Dr Muritala Abdulrasheed (SAN),” Adegoke was quoted as saying. He said the team advised Oyebamiji that “the best in this circumstance is for us not to go to the tribunal.”
According to Adegoke, the legal team met Oyebamiji and other APC leaders after the results were announced and concluded that litigation would not be in the best interest of Osun State. “We don’t have anything personal against Nurudeen Adeleke, the governor, or any other person in another party, whether PDP or Accord,” he said.
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