Court Upholds Governor Oyebamiji’s Election Victory
The case instituted by the SDP governorship candidate, Segun Oni against the June 16th election of Biodun Oyebanji as the Governor of the state has been repudiated by the Ekiti State Election Petitions Tribunal.
The issues formulated by the Petitioner were resolved in over two hours forty five minutes judgement in Ado Ekiti subsequently affirmed the election of incumbent Governor Biodun Oyebanji.
Delivering the ruling, a member of the Tribunal Justice Zaad Zadawa held that the SDP and its candidate failed to present satisfactory evidences that the incumbent Governor and his Deputy were not eminent qualified to context the June 18 poll.
The court further affirmed that it was juvenile for the petitioner to base their case on the signing of a nomination letter since it was the party at the state level that decided the candidate to represent it in an election.
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