The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will tomorrow deliver judgment on the March 9, 2019 governorship election, in a case brought before it by Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress , against Governor Seyi Makinde, of the People’s Democratic Party,
Not satisfied after studying results in units, wards and local councils, Adelabu headed to court to challenge Makinde’s victory. In adopting his final written address, counsel to INEC, Akinolu Kehinde urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition for being grossly unmeritorious and lacking in substance.
He also said that the petitioners complained of irregularities in 1,334 polling units, and only called 38 polling unit agents out of which majority of them confirmed that the election conducted by INEC complied strictly with the Electoral Act.
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