OSUN STATE & ELECTION TRIBUNAL Omisore Petitions Osun Elections Tribunal , Wants Aregbesola Sacked. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, on Wednesday petitioned the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Osogbo to challenge the victory of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress. Omisore’s petition, in three volumes, was filed at the registry of the tribunal as hundreds of PDP supporters trooped to the court to witness the signing of the documents. The PDP candidate was accompanied to the tribunal by the Chairman of the party in Osun State, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa; the party’s head of legal team, Chief Sunday Ojo Williams; and Director of Publicity of the party, Mr. Bola Ajao, among others. Omisore later told journalists after filing the petition that the August 9 election was marred by electoral malpractices. He said, “The tribunal will declare me the validly-elected governor of the state by the grace of God on November 27 because I scored the highest number of the lawful votes cast. “The election was rigged in favour of Aregbesola; some members of the O-YES were used as INEC’s ad hoc staff, some security agents were compromised.” The PDP candidate said that he had seven senior lawyers in his legal team and that he was confident that the tribunal would do justice to his petition. According to him, many shocking revelations have been uncovered and the whole world will be told and shown how the election was manipulated in favour of the incumbent governor. He urged his supporters to be calm and remained hopeful while expressing confidence that the APC government would be sacked by the tribunal. He appealed to the Justice I. M Bako-led tribunal to maintain transparency and integrity in his handling of the case.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:28:09 +0000
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