Politics
IMMEDIATE former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the judgment of Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Abuja on Monday.
The tribunal had upheld the election of Kayode Fayemi as Governor of Ekiti State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the three-man panel of the Ekiti State Governorship Tribunal, in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Prof. Olusola Kolapo Olubunmi.
The tribunal held that the various allegations raised against the election by the petitioners were not proved as required by law, adding that “worthless documents” were dumped on the tribunal.
Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Suleiman Bolaji Belgore, said that contrary to the claims of the petitioners, Governor Fayemi was duly and lawfully returned as winner of majority votes by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The tribunal specifically said that Fayemi scored 197,459, as against 178,121 votes scored by Olubunmi to emerge winner of the poll.
– Jan. 28, 2019 @ 17:55 GMT |
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