Jubilation Erupts As Court Gives Final Verdict on Ekiti Election
The election of Biodun Oyebanji, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ekiti 2022 governorship election has been upheld by the tribunal.
The election, which was held in June, earlier this year, was upheld by the Ekiti state governorship election petition tribunal in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, Channels Television reported.
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Recall that Oyebanji was the former secretary to the state government and was declared the winner of the election after winning the votes of 15 of the 16 local governments in the state.
The APC candidate polled 184,057 votes to defeat his closest rival, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who garnered 82,211 votes. Bisi Kolawole, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 67,457 votes during the election.
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Oni had challenged the outcome of the election at the tribunal but the petition was dismissed on Thursday, December 29.
The chairman and a member of the panel, Justices Wilfred Kpochi and Sa’ad Zadawa, in their judgment, resolved all contentious issues against Oni and his party, SDP.
The panel in their decision also held that the petition Oni filed against the returning Oyebanji and his running mate, Monisade Afuye had woefully failed, it neither has a head nor tail.
Tension in southwest state as police shut down house of assemble over thugs attack
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Ekiti state house of assembly has been taken over by the police over an intelligent report of planned attacks by some unknown thugs.
One of the workers who spoke on the condition of anonymity said there was an order from the state police command that everyone should vacate the facility in the interest of peace.
Armed security officers were stationed at different strategic locations around the premises of the state command.
