Party Supporters Anxiously Await Judgement

Tension has taken over the location of the Ogun state Governorship election tribunal as party supporters await tribunal’s verdict.

 

There are heavy security presence at the venue.

The location of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal this morning was filled with supporters of both parties as the three member panel led by Justice Yusuf Halilu is set to deliver its judgment in the petition before it.

Ekohotblog garnered that the Petition was filed by Hon. Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade and his party, the Allied People’s Movement(APM), asking the Tribunal to upturn the victory of Prince. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

At the venue are heavy presence of Operatives of the Police Ordinance unit, Department of State Security(DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) and Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC).

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The petition marked EPT /OG/ GOV/ 01/19, alleging that over-voting was carried out during the polls in favour of Abiodun.

The APM’s candidate also alleged that Governor Abiodun lacked the qualification to contest for the Governorship seat of the Gateway State in the March 9 governorship election.

The Tribunal had in its August 19 sitting, reserved its judgment shortly after all parties had adopted their respective final written addresses and promised to notify them when the judgment would be ready.

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And while adopting his final written address, the petitioner Akinlade, through his lead counsel, Mike Osuman, SAN, asked the court to disqualify Dapo  Abiodun as a candidate of APC in the last Governorship election and nullify the declaration as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC).

The Petitioner also prayed the Tribunal to return Akinlade as the governor.

In reactions, Abiodun’s lead counsel, Prof Taiwo Osipitan, SAN, described the APM’s petition as one that lacks merit and dead on arrival, urging the tribunal to dismiss it in its entirety.