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Osun Governorship: How Tinubu influenced composition of Appeal Tribunal

 Reputable civil rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has raised alarm over the alleged involvement of the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the composition of the Appeal Court Panel Judges which lead to the alleged inclusion of Justice Joseph Olubunmi Kolawole Oyewole into the panel.  
 The group revealed that it was reliably informed by the sources close to the Office of the Court of Appeal President that the leadership of the ruling party (APC) were consulted before the composition of the current Appeal Tribunal Panel on 2018 Osun governorship election, saying that the ruling party were not comfortable with the landmark majority judgment of the Lower Tribunal that declared opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the September 22nd, 2018 guber election in the State.


To show its grouse over the action, CHRSJ wrote a Petition Letter dated 18th of April, 2018 and forwarded to the Court of Appeal President which is constitutionally saddled with the responsibility of constituting the Governorship Election Appeal Panel over alleged inclusion of Justice JOK Oyewole in the panel. It also copies the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Senate President,Speaker,House of Representatives, National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) and International communities for their urgent and necessary“Going by the history and Oyewole’s background, Mr. Justice Oyewole is a native of Ila Orangun in Ila Local Government area of Osun State but began his( Justice Oyewole) Law Practice in Lagos State as a pupil Lawyer where the Asiwaju of Ila Orangun and Former Acting Chairman of APC , Chief Bisi Akande introduced him( Justice Oyewole) to the then Governor of Lagos State(now APC National Leader) , Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu where Oyewole was nominated as Magistrate in Lagos State and later elevated to become the Lagos State Judge through recommendation to the National Judicial Council (NJC) by the Lagos State government.

     “More so, the immediate past Osun State government which the Appellant (Mr. Gboyega Oyetola) serve as Chief of Staff planned to nominate Justice JOK Oyewole through the State Judicial Service Commission to be the Chief Judge of Osun State while he was a Judge in the Lagos State Judiciary. We rose up to forestall their judicial selfish agenda then and even, the Osun State Judges signed a memo to the NJC against this act and it was the effort of the courageous Chairman of NJC and the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Aloma Muktar that rightly refused to accept the nomination by insisting that the most Senior in Osun bench should be recommended”.
          The letter further stated; “Later, the then Osun Governor, Mr. Aregbesola of APC presented Justice Oyewole to the NJC in 2013 to use Osun’s slot to be elevated to the Court of Appeal. There is still rumpus in Osun State today and you will see that Justice Oyewole got to the Court of Appeal through the efforts of Tinubu/ Aregbesola/Oyetola. May Lord ma, how on earth will Oyewole would not favour the above 3 named persons in his dispensation of justice, so, he will be definitely biased.
          “Sir, allowing Justice Oyewole in the composition of the Appellate Court jurists on 2018 Governorship Election Petition Tribunal of Osun State would not only subvert the electoral will of the good people of Osun State but scuttle the truth and justice which could uplift any given society in a democratic life”.
           “In view of the above points, CHRSJ is rejecting the inclusion of Justice JOK Oyewole in the proposed Election Petition Appeal panel because if Justice Oyewole is part of the Governorship Election Appeal Panel, the panel might have accommodated “a cancer” in its fold and it may get all the body rotten”, the group submitted.
    https://www.independent.ng/osun-guber-how-tinubu-influenced-composition-of-appeal-tribunal-panel/amp/


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