The Osun state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday gave Governor Gboyega Oyetola the go-ahead to serve the Governor-elect, former Senator Ademola Adeleke by substituted means.
Oyetola had through his lawyers applied for an order for substituted service.
The Tribunal is headed by Justice Tertsea Kume.
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had announced Adeleke as winner of the gubernatorial election held in the state on July 16.
Adeleke was the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the said gubernatorial election while Oyetola was the APC guber candidate.
Governor Oyetola had however challenged the declaration of Adeleke as winner of the guber election and also joined the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party in the suit.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned the tribunal that had its first sitting in Osogbo, the state capital on Monday also granted the motion ex parte filed by the petitioner seeking permission to inspect the election materials which are expected to be made available by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Mr. Yomi Aliyu, who is Oyetola’s lawyer, had told the tribunal that a bailiff given instruction to serve Adeleke notice of the petition could not get this done despite visiting his residence in Ede .
Aliyu therefore suggested pasting this on the notice board at the entrance of the court room designated for the tribunal sittings.
Justice Kume later granted the order for substituted service and ruled that the notice should be pasted on the notice board as requested by Oyetola’s lawyer.
He also granted request by the petitioners to inspect election materials– Team@orientactualmags.com
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