September 02, (THEWILL) – The Osun Election Tribunal in Osogbo on Friday, granted the request of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, Governor-elect of Osun State, to inspect election materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume, also granted Adeleke’s requests to conduct a forensic audit of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the State governorship election.
Hashim Abioye, one of Adeleke’s Counsel, who spoke to newsmen after the proceeding, said there was a need to conduct a thorough forensic audit of the BVAS machine used for the election.
The Tribunal had on August 22, granted permission to Governor Gboyega Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to inspect materials used for the July 16 governorship poll.
Oyetola and APC are plaintiffs in the suit earlier filed, challenging the victory of Adeleke at the governorship election.
INEC had declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the Osun July 16 governorship elections, where he defeated the incumbent governor, Oyetola.
Oyetola, dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, dragged both INEC and Adeleke to court to challenge the results of the guber poll.
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