Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Senator Ademola Adeleke’s governorship mandate in Osun State has only been delayed by Supreme Court’s ruling.
The apex court had on Friday dismissed Mr Adeleke’s appeal on the September 2018 governorship election in Osun.
The court also upheld Gboyega Oyetola as the rightfully elected governor of the state.
In reaction, Atiku said it was not the end of Adeleke’s ambition.
“I join with people of goodwill all over Nigeria to say to Senator Ademola Adeleke, and the people of the great state of Osun, that we stand with them in good times and in difficult days. The Supreme Court has ruled and because of its judicial finality, the legal case is over.
“Those who think this is the end of the road for Senator Adeleke and the PDP in Osun, are greatly mistaken. This is not the end. Not even the beginning of the end. No. Today marks the continued ascendancy of Senator Adeleke and his party in the hearts and minds of his people.
“The great people of Osun had expected that the progress and development that the Adeleke family had consistently brought to Osun will be translated to their governance. That hope is not dead. Only delayed,” Atiku said.
He also urged the judiciary to take a ‘pulse of the nation’ and reflect on it to ensure that justice is done ‘irrespective of the pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be.’
