The legal fireworks would soon commence on the genuineness or otherwise of the victory of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the just concluded June 18 Governorship poll as the second runner up and Candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), ,Engr. Segun Oni has filed a 1095 pages petition before the tribunal.
Oyebanji was declared winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) who polled 187,057 votes against Segun Oni who scored 82,209 votes.
Speaking with journalists Thursday evening at the High Court premises in Ado-Ekiti,the Ekiti State capital after submitting his petition Oni said:” I’m here to submit my petitionin accordance to law and we are doing this to defend the sanctity of the system. I challenging the election result because,I believe that I won.”
Also speaking Oni’s legal Counsel,Obafemi Adewale (SAN) said:”if his client had believed the governorship election had been free,fair and credible that he would not have challenged the outcome”
Adewale said his client also believed that the person so declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) did not win with lawful votes.
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