Activist and a former Senator from Kaduna State, Shehu Sani, has described January 27, 2023, the day Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke was removed from office, as “sad day for democracy.”
A three-man Election Tribunal, in a split judgement of two against one, sacked Adeleke on Friday, and declared former Governor Gboyega Oyetola, whom he had roundly defeated in the Governorship election held on July 16, 2022.
In his reaction to the judgement which has shocked not a few people, the Senator tweeted: “It’s a sad day for democracy. This is a judicial magic.”
Toeing Senator Sani’s line, another activist and former APC top shot, Timi Frank, called for a probe into the judgement to find out exactly what happened.
Adeleke, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for calm, and is proceeding to the Court of Appeal.
Senator Adeleke was sworn into office on November 27, 2022.
