BREAKING: APC, PDP challenge Adeleke’s re-election at Osun tribunal

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has formally commenced the process of handling disputes arising from the August 15 governorship election with the display of two petitions challenging Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election.

The petitions filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were pasted on the notice board of the tribunal secretariat in Osogbo on Monday.

The secretary of the tribunal, Pefe Belemore, confirmed that petitions challenging the outcome of the election had been filed before the tribunal.

At the opening of the tribunal earlier on Monday, Belemore was in the courtroom alongside other officials of the secretariat as preparations were made for the commencement of proceedings.

The APC petition, marked EPT/OS/GOV/01/2026, was filed by its candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, against Adeleke, the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The PDP petition, with suit number EPT/OS/GOV/02/2026, was filed by Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola against Adeleke, INEC and the Accord Party.

The display of the petitions is expected to set the legal process in motion, including the service of processes on the parties and subsequent proceedings before the tribunal.