Oyo Election Tribunal Receives 12 Petitions

The Oyo State Election
Petition Tribunal has received 12 petitions from aggrieved candidates in the March 28 National Assembly elections, an official has said.
The official, who did not want his name published, told our correspondent in Ibadan that the tribunal’s secretariat was still in the process of receiving petitions and serving the respondents.
According to him, candidates have 21 days after INEC’s release of the election results to file their petitions before the tribunal.
“So far, we have received 12 petitions and when the process of serving the respondents and receiving their replies are completed the tribunal will likely begin public sitting,” he said.
The Tide learnt that the Accord Party candidates filed eight of the petitions while the Labour Party and its candidate filed two and APC contesting the victory of PDP in the election for Ogo Oluwa/Surulere Federal Constituency.
The Peoples Democratic Party’s Mulikat Akande Adeola challenged the victory of Segun Ogunwuyi of the Labour Party who defeated her in the election for the Oyo North senatorial seat.
However, the Accord Party candidate, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, is yet to file a petition to challenge the declaration of Sen. Abiola Ajimobi as winner of the March 28 Oyo State governorship election.
A former governor of the state, Ladoja had told supporters of the Accord Party shortly after the election that a suit would be instituted to challenge the result of the election.
The tribunal panel has Justice J.G. Abundaga as Chairman while Justice G.C. Nnamani and Justice A.H.  Suleiman are members.