Once again the courts in Nigeria rose to the occasion - they reversed a sitting governor. Today, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, the erstwhile President of Nigeria Labor Congress is the new governor of Edo State. He was affirmed the duly elected governor of Edo State 19 months after the April 14, 2007 gubernatorial elections by the court of appeals sitting in Benin, Edo State. He contested the April 14, 2007 
governorship election on the ticket of the Action Congress (AC).
The five-man court of appeal panel headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi, unanimously upheld the decision of the election petition tribunal which had ruled on March 20, 2008 that the Action Congress (AC) and Oshiomhole won the polls in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor whom Adams Oshiomhole will be taking ov
er from.
governorship election on the ticket of the Action Congress (AC).The five-man court of appeal panel headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Umaru Abdullahi, unanimously upheld the decision of the election petition tribunal which had ruled on March 20, 2008 that the Action Congress (AC) and Oshiomhole won the polls in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor whom Adams Oshiomhole will be taking ov
er from. Against our tradition at Icheokudotcom, we congratulate Comrade Adams Oshimole on his victory at the court of appeals and wish him a successful term of office. Icheokudotcom does not believe that elections take place in Nigeria and this is the core of our apathy to "election" results!
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