Oshiomole Wins At the Edo State Tribunal

Nigeria’s Former Labour Leader, Adams Oshiomole has been declared winner of the April 2007 Gubernatorial election in Edo State, Southern Nigeria. 

In a judgment that took about six hours, the chairman of the tribunal, Justice Peter Umeadi, ruled that AC's candidate Oshiomole scored
166,577 votes against 129,057 for PDP's Professor Oserheimen Osunbor.

According to the judge, ``He (Oshiomole) has satisfied the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the provision of Sections 40 and 147(2) of the Electoral Act 2006.''

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Lead counsel to Oshiomole, said the judgement “was scholarly and profound. It has move Nigeria’s democracy forward and prevented the country from witnessing the ugly experience such as the post election Kenyan, where there was breakdown of law and order because the people who where suppose to do what is right refused to do so.” 

Alex Izinyon, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, lead counsel for Osunbor gave an indication that they would appeal the judgment.

In his words, ``we have serious grievances against the judgment. That is speaking legally. This is not the end of the matter.''

 

 

TV Monitor/ NAN/ Qasim/G.O.