Segun Oni’s Victory Hopes Dim As Court Of Appeal Affirms Oyebanji As Ekiti Gov

• Oyebanji was declared winner of the Ekiti governorship election on June 19, 2022.

• Oni, his closest challenger, filed a petition against his victory on July 7, 2022.

• The tribunal dismissed his petition but he appealed the verdict.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Court of Appeal has affirmed the election of Biodun Oyebanji at the Ekiti state governorship poll held on June 18, 2022.

Delivering the judgement on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the court dismissed the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Segun Oni, for lacking merit.

Recall that the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal had also dismissed Oni’s case.

The tribunal, in its judgement on December 29, 2022, in Ado-Ekiti, dismissed the petition of the SDP candidate.

In the judgement read by the Chairman, Justice Wilfred Kpochi and a member, Justice Sa’ad Zadawa, the panel resolved all issues in contention against Oni and his party, SDP.

The panel held that the petition filed by Oni against the return of Oyebanji “failed woefully head or tail.”

Dissatisfied with the verdict, the former Ekiti governor headed to the appellate court, which has now dismissed his case.

Oyebanji had polled 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest; rivals, Oni and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party. The SDP candidate had 82,211 votes.

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