Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has maintained that his March 9, 2019 governorship electoral victory remains valid.
Speaking against the backdrop of Monday’s Appeal Court ruling, Makinde held that the court did not order a fresh election, neither did it order a retrial of the petition.
As contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said the Appeal Court refused to grant any of the three key reliefs sought by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebayo Adelabu, hence his electoral victory remained valid.
Decrying various interpretations of the ruling, Makinde said the Monday’s Appeal court judgment only reaffirmed the ruling of the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan.
“There is no ambiguity as to the state of things in our Pacesetter State as far as the election of March 9, 2019, is concerned. Our party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election.
