The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, Segun Oni, has submitted his petition against the outcome of the election at the Election Petitions Tribunal in Ado the Ekiti state capital.
Oni was accompanied to the secretariat of the Election Petitions Tribunal Thursday evening by his legal team and SDP state Chairman and chieftains to submit the over 1,000-page petition.
The SDP candidate did not speak about the content of the petition but simply said that the move is to defend the sanctity of the system.
But the leader of his legal team said the petition will challenge the eligibility of the Governor-elect, Mr Oyebanji to contest the election and question the actual victory attributed to him in the poll.
Those who accompanied Segun Omi to the secretariat of the Election Petitions Tribunal include his counsel, Mr Owoseni Ajayi, and Morakinyo Ogele.
Others are Dipo Anisulowo, the Director-General of his campaign organization, Dare Bejide.
Newsflash Nigeria understands that on the cover page of the petitions, Oni challenges Biodun Oyebanj who is the winner of the June 18 election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Mai Mala Buni, INEC and Monisola Afuye.
Recall that Mai Mala Buni, the current governor of Yobe State and was the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the party governorship election was held. Buni holds the two positions concurrently.
Newsflash Nigeria had reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Oyebanji the winner of the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State.
Oyebanji polled 187,057 votes to defeat its closest rival, the Social Democratic Party, Segun Oni which garnered 82,211 votes; the PDP Bisi Kolawole, which got 67,457 votes.
