Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the Osun State Governor.
The court also awarded the sum of N500,000 cost against the All Progressive Congress and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola.
A three-member panel of justices, which delivered judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke, held that the election tribunal erred when it ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress) proved their allegation of over-voting.
The panel of judges in its verdict said Adeleke is the duly elected governor of the state.
In January, the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal held that Oyetola was able to prove that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.
The majority judgment of the tribunal, therefore, ordered INEC to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Adeleke and issue a fresh one to Oyetola as the duly elected governor of Osun.
But Adeleke, who was dissatisfied with the ruling, appealed the judgment at the Court of Appeal.