APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS PDP'S VICTORY: My mandate as Oyo State Governor Remains Intact—Makinde

APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS PDP'S VICTORY: My mandate as Oyo State Governor Remains Intact—Makinde The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has declared that the mandate of the people of Oyo State given to him through the March 9, 2019 election, remains intact following the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Monday. Governor Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, declared that the mandate given to him by the people of Oyo State cannot be taken through the backdoor. The statement read: “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 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the election. The victory was reaffirmed by a ruling of the Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital. On Monday, the Court of Appeal, also sitting in Ibadan, delivered its judgement on the appeal by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC...