Abolade Sokunbi, Abeokuta
There was a mild drama at the sitting of the three-man panel adjudicating on the grievances arising from the Ogun Local Government Election as the Chairman of the tribunal Rotimi Onafadeji bars journalists from covering the proceedings of the Tribunal.
Onafedeji, prior to the commencement of the proceedings, informed newsmen that had gathered at the Magistrate Court venue of the sitting , that recording or covering of the proceedings in any form is not allowed. Subsequently ,newsmen that had converged on the venue of the sitting were bared from performing their duty.”
In his words ” Please , all pressmen that are here , there is no camera recording, phone, audio recording. Thank you. Recall that the Ogun State Local Government election was held in August with the ruling party in the state APC claiming victory in all the 20 Local Government Chairmanship positions.
Though the major opposition party in the state the PDP withdrew its participation from the local Government Election citing bias on the part of the election umpire in the state for supporting a faction of the PDP.
The opposition in the state has been crying wolf since the results of the local government election were released .Action Alliance ( AA) and New Nigeria People’s Party had sought the nullification of the result of the election calling it a charade
