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Governor Oyetola qualifies to contest July 16 Osun Governorship electíon—Court

AdminBy AdminJuly 14, 2022Updated:July 14, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the July 16 governorship election scheduled to hold in the state.

Delivering Judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo, stated that the plaintiff, Moshood Adeoti, failed to support the process with relevant laws, and as such, showed no cause of action in the suit which made it a gross abuse of court process.

According to Justice Inyang, the suit instituted falls outside the scope of Section 87(9) of the Electoral Act and Section 22 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

Our Correspondent reports that Adeoti, a chieftain of the APC was one of the aspirants in the February 19 APC governorship primary for the state but he lost the ticket to Governor Oyetola.

He then filed the case, seeking the governor’s disqualification through his legal team led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chiesonu Okpoko.

In the originating summons, he prayed the court to nullify Oyetola’s candidacy on the grounds that the governor contested in the poll as a member of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary and Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

The plaintiff said that the act contravened the provisions of Section 222 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and Article 31(iii) of the APC, October 2014 (as amended).

According to him, the second defendant (Oyetola) ought to have resigned his membership of the APC’s CECPC and leave office as an officer of APC, at least 30 days, prior to the date of the Osun State primary election, to qualify for participation in the said party primary election.

Governor Oyetola is seeking second term in office, having been elected in 2018.

 

Edited by Dada Ahmed.

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