Courtroom nullifies APC Reps, meeting candidates’ main elections

A Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has nullified the election of the All Progressives Congress candidates for Yewa South/Ipokia federal constituency and Remo North constituency within the state.

Abiodun Akinlade and Biyi Adeleye are the candidates for Yewa South/Ipokia Federal constituency and Remo North state constituency respectively.

Mr Akinlade had occupied the place for 12 years, between 2003 – 2015.

He was later appointed commissioner of the Federal Character Fee.

Forward of the 2023 elections, Mr Akinlade obtained a nomination type to contest for the Ogun West senatorial ticket of the APC.

However PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the occasion management in Ogun State prevailed on him to accept the Home of Representatives ticket, asking him to step down for the Lagos West Senator, Olamilekan Adeola.

However Mr Akinlade didn’t purchase the Home of Representatives type, apparently assuming that the occasion would type that out.

However displeased by the event, a contestant, Michael Adeleke, who procured the Home of Representatives type from the occasion, dragged the APC, Mr Akinlade, and the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom.

Equally, Mr Adeleye who till the primaries was a particular adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun, on political affairs, had earlier proven curiosity in contesting the Home of Representatives ticket earlier than he later dropped the ambition.

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However on the first election day, the governor’s aide was declared winner having taken half within the main.

In her judgment on Thursday, Justice Oluwatoyin Oguntoyinbo, declared the nomination of Mr Akinlade as “irregular, null and void.”

The choose held that Mr Akinlade by no means paid for an expression of curiosity type, nor was he screened by the APC throughout the time prescribed by the occasion in respect of the Nationwide Meeting main election.

Due to this fact, the choose ordered the occasion to conduct a recent main election inside 40 days to pick out and nominate one other candidate for Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency forward of the 2023 polls.

The courtroom additionally ordered that Mr Akinlade should not partake within the new main election.

In a separate judgement, the identical choose additionally dominated towards Mr Adeleye including that the plaintiff, Solomon Osho, was winner of the election having procured and stuffed the nomination and expression of curiosity type.

Chatting with journalists shortly after the judgment, the plaintiff counsel, Ajibola Kaka described the judgment as victory for democracy.

He stated, “It’s a case between Solomon Osho and Hon. Adebiyi Adeleye the courtroom has delivered the judgement in favour of our shopper which is Hon. Solomon Osho.

“The courtroom has requested INEC to acknowledge him because the candidate of APC that the defendant didn’t receive type for the first and he was not screened among the many Aspirants and because of this Hon. Adebiyi was disqualified.”

On his half, Mr Osho expressed gladness, saying “this victory can solely be achieved by God himself.”