Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has upheld the election of All Progressives Congress’ Biodun Oyebanji and his deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye, as governor and deputy governor off the state respectively.
Oyebanji polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Following the outcome of the election, Oni filed a petition at the tribunal.
Delivering judgement on Thursday, the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, and a member of the panel, Justice Sa’ad Zadawa, 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 and Afuye “failed woefully head or tail.”
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