Appeal Court Verdict: Osun PDP Urges Oyetola To Accept Defeat

Appeal Court Verdict: Osun PDP Urges Oyetola To Accept Defeat

Following the decision of the immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola to approach the apex court on the judgement of the appellate court that declared Senator Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of Osun State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has urged him to accept defeat.

Oyetola had made his intention to drag the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Ademola Adeleke and PDP to the Supreme Court over the outcome of the judgement of the Court of Appeal of Friday 24th, March that upturned his earlier victory at the governorship election petition tribunal.

The PDP in a statement by its caretaker committee chairman,

Dr, Akindele Adekunle on Monday admonished the former governor to allow his successor, Ademola Adeleke to concentrate on the task of delivering Dividends of democracy to the people of Osun State.

The statement read in part: “As a concerned member of Yoruba tribe where we have an inbuilt trait of looking after our neighbours, we want to ask what does former Governor Gboyega Oyetola really want?

“Governance is about service to the people, and the people you wish to serve or have once served have stated loud and clear through their votes that they don’t want you to serve them again as they’ve seen a better and more appropriate option.

“Not only that, the judiciary which is the arbiter of law and conclusive stage of electoral contest have also shown and clearly stand by Osun people’s will even when all crude means were tried to subvert that. Our thanks to the Lord Justices of the appellate court that did justice to the Osun People’s electoral case.

“By all this indices, it is only a man who wants to loose all his goodwill that will still be hellbent in forcing himself on people that doesn’t want you as a person.

“We want to urge the husband of Kafayat to please accept God’s fate, accept People’s will in Osun and stop distracting the government of the day in Osun with any further court case. It is high time your dear wife and your children have the best of your time and equally, an avenue for you to attend to your personal businesses. It is not by force to govern the people.

“If you so much love Osun, it is time to press the STOP button on any further disruptive legal cause and let the government of the day have the full time to concentrate on the business of governance. 2026 is not too faraway, you may come back to try your luck if Osun people will be willing to accord you their valuable votes again”, the chairman said.