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
