Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun, asserts that he has faith, trust, and confidence in the legal system to uphold justice and provide remedies when wrongs are committed.
According to a statement published on Friday in Osogbo by Mallam Rasheed Olawale, the governor's spokesperson, Adeleke made the comments while meeting with PDP Unit-to-Unit Ambassadors from the Osun West Senatorial District.
The many court interventions, according to Adeleke, who underlined that the judiciary is crucial to enhancing democracy, helped to stabilise the country.
”Democracy revolves around the wheel of justice. Justice dispensation is the realm of the judiciary.
“All democrats must therefore have unshaken faith in the judiciary. I have that trust and confidence in the judiciary to right the wrong and deepen our democracy.
“I am a beneficiary of judicial intervention. I cannot forget how the judiciary cleared me of forgery allegations.
” You can’t have a strong democracy unless we all hold the judiciary as the indispensable arbiter”, he said.
On the tribunal judgement that nullified his victory at the last governorship election in the state, Adeleke said he would appeal the judgement, and expressed the optimism that his mandate would be revalidated.
” So we are going on appeal and we trust we are going to get justice. I urge all of us to be calm and go about our daily activities peacefully.
“I understand how hard and emotional the judgement is to the people of Osun state, but we must vent our disagreement only through the judicial process.
“That is why there is an appeal process. We have all the grounds to appeal and we are doing that.
” So continue your campaign unit to unit. We are running Osun state to deliver on the will and aspirations of the people.
“By God and man, our mandate will be revalidated through the same judicial process”, he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the election petition tribunal had nullified the election of Adeleke.
The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, while reading the judgement, said the July 16, 2022 governorship election was not conducted in compliance with the electoral act. (NAN)