The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, dismissed a petition filed by Mr. Abdullah Fowowe of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC) challenging the validity of the election that brought in Hon. Olajide Olatubosun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a House of Representatives member representing Saki east/Saki west/Atisbo federal constituency, insideoyo.com reports.
In a similar case, the tribunal also dismissed a petition filed by Mr. Durodola Muftau Adelani of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC) challenging the validity of the election that brought in Hon. Shina Abiola Peller of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a House of Representatives member representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency.
The petitioners were challenging the election on the ground that their names and logo of the party were excluded on the ballot papers used for the House of Representatives elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on February 23, 2019.
The panel ruled that based on the pieces of evidence presented before the tribunal, the petitioner, Mr. Fowowe was not a candidate in the February 23, 2019 House of Representatives election; that he was not validly nominated by his party; that he failed to properly submit his nomination form to INEC; and that he doesn’t have a legal right to challenge the validity of the election on the exclusion of his name and party’s logo from the ballot papers.
Following this, the tribunal therefore dismissed the petition and ordered the petitioner to pay a fine of twenty thousand naira (N20, 000) each to the three respondents joined in the suit. The respondents are Hon. Olajide Olatubosun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
On Shina Peller’s case, the panel ruled that based on the pieces of evidence presented before the tribunal, the petitioner, Mr. Durodola Muftau Adelani, was not a candidate in the February 23, 2019 House of Representatives election; that he was not validly nominated by his party; that he failed to properly submit his nomination form to INEC; and that he doesn’t have a legal right to challenge the validity of the election on the exclusion of his name and party’s logo from the ballot papers.
Following this, the tribunal therefore dismissed the petition and ordered the petitioner to pay a fine of twenty thousand naira (N20, 000) each to the three respondents joined in the suit. The respondents are Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
InsideOyo.com reports that the Oyo State chapter of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC) had requested the cancelation of results of the elections in 8 federal constituencies over the missing of its logo in the ballot papers.
The affected constituencies, according to him were Akinyele/Lagelu, Ibadan North, Ibadan South West/Ibadan North West, Saki West/Saki East/ATISBO, Oluyole, Surulere/Ogo Oluwa, Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola and Ido/Ibarapa East.
The winners of the elections declared by INEC were Akintola Oluokun George, Akinyele/Lagelu (APC), Musliudeen Olaide Akinremi, Ibadan North (APC), Stanley Olajide, Ibadan South West/North West (PDP), Olatubosun Olajide Boladale, Saki East/Saki West/Atisbo (APC), Tolulope Akande-Sadipe Oluyole, (APC), Odebunmi Olusegun, Ogo Oluwa/Surulere (APC). Others were Shina Abiola Peller, Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/ Iwajowa (APC) and Yemi Taiwo Ido/Ibarapa East (PDP).
