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Osun election: Confusion as APC denies filing petition against Adeleke

From Vanguard · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources In the courts
  • The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal displayed two petitions challenging the August 15 election, one purportedly filed by the APC and another by a separate petitioner.
  • APC legal representatives said the party and its candidate, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, did not authorize or file the petition attributed to them.
  • The Accord Party said it was not perturbed by the petitions, describing them as a legal right.

Confusion has surrounded the Osun State election tribunal after it displayed a petition purportedly filed by the All Progressives Congress against Governor Ademola Adeleke’s re-election, while APC lawyers insisted the party had filed no such case.

The tribunal in Osogbo displayed two petitions dated September 5, 2026, formally opening the process for disputes over the August 15 governorship election. One petition, numbered EPT/OS/GOV/01/2026, was attributed to APC candidate Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji and named Adeleke, the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission as respondents. The second, EPT/OS/GOV/02/2026, was filed by Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola against the same respondents apart from the APC candidate.

I am telling you authoritatively that we did not file any petition, either for the candidate or the party.

· Muideen AdeoyeAn APC legal team member denied that the party or its candidate authorized the petition displayed at the tribunal.

Tribunal secretary Pefe Belemore confirmed that petitions challenging the election had been filed. When Vanguard visited the secretariat, Belemore and other officials were in court as preparations continued for proceedings. Accord Party officials and members of its legal team were also present.

The said petition may have emanated from some persons within the party, but it is without the permission of the leadership.

· Muideen AdeoyeAdeoye said any petition filed in the APC’s name lacked approval from party leaders.

But APC legal team member Muideen Adeoye said the party had agreed with its candidate not to file a petition. “I am telling you authoritatively that we did not file any petition, either for the candidate or the party,” he said, adding that any filing made in the APC’s name lacked the approval of the party leadership and candidate. He said the notice displayed at the tribunal was “strange.”

In a separate social media statement, senior APC lawyer Abiodun Layonu described the purported petition as shocking and said neither Oyebamiji nor the party had authorized it. The excerpt supplied from the statement ends while it is explaining the legal team’s position.

That is strange, and I repeat, we did not file the said petition.

· Muideen AdeoyeAdeoye reacted to the tribunal’s display of the purported APC petition.
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Originally published by Vanguard in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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