The Osun governorship election petition tribunal has received no petition challenging the outcome of the August 15 governorship poll during the 21-day window stipulated by the constitution.
The 21-day window for filing a petition to challenge the outcome of the poll ended on Saturday, and none of the 14 parties defeated in the poll challenged the result.
Adeleke won the governorship poll with a total of 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 444,815 votes.
Fifteen political parties fielded candidates in the poll.
Shortly after the results of the poll were announced, the office of the Election Petition Tribunal that will hear matters arising from the poll opened for operation on the premises of the State High Court in Oke Fia, Osogbo, Osun State.
But a staff member who responded to enquiries told our correspondents that no petition had been received.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Osun APC to the development failed, as calls to the party’s spokesperson, Kola Olabisi, rang out, while a response to a message sent to him via WhatsApp seeking to know the party’s position on the refusal of the opposition parties to challenge Adeleke’s victory was still being expected as of the time of filing this report on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Osun Accord Chairman, Mr Victor Akande, during a telephone interview on Sunday, said that by refusing to challenge Adeleke’s victory at the poll, the opposition candidates had exhibited political maturity.
“We appreciate the maturity of the candidates of the opposition for not challenging the outcome of the poll. That itself is good for democracy, if an election stops at the poll. The idea of going to court to regain a mandate is sometimes not good for democracy,” Akande said.
Also commenting, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Olugbenga Ajala, during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Sunday, said the election and the processes leading to it were considered fair enough.
