By David Oluwaseun
The Election Petition Tribunal hearing the dispute arising from the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State on Thursday upheld the election of Governor Biodun Oyebanji and his Deputy, Chief Monisade Afuye.
The Tribunal in its judgment dismissed the petition filed by former Governor and Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Chief Segun Oni resolving all issues in favour of the Respondents.
Oni, who was aggrieved with the declaration of Oyebanji, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), filed a petition against the result declared by the electoral agency in the early hours of June 19.
In the unanimous judgment read by the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Wilfred Kpochi with the concurrence of the two other members of the panel, Justice Sa’ad Zadawa and Justice J.A. Atsen, the panel held that “head or tail, the petitioners (Oni and SDP) have failed woefully” to convince the jury to nullify the election that brought Oyebanji to power.
