Ekiti ElectionTribunal To Hear PDP, Olusola’s Motion On Ballot Recount On Thursday

The Ekiti State Governorship Election Tribunal on Thursday, September 27 hear the motion filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the July 14 governorship election, Prof Kolapo Olusola, to recount the ballot papers used for the poll.

The tribunal began its sitting yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, following its relocation to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court at Apo.

The respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the winner of the election, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi.

The petitioners are challenging the declaration of Fayemi as the winner of the election.
The tribunal is chaired by Justice Suleiman Bolaji Belgore.

The venue was changed following allegations from some PDP members in the Ekiti State House of Assembly that they were attacked by supporters of the APC at the tribunal’s venue.

The motion, filed by Yusuf Ali (SAN), counsel to the petitioners, is seeking the leave of the tribunal to recount the ballot papers used in the poll to determine the actual number of votes each candidate got

But during yesterday’s pre-hearing sitting at the High Court of the FCT in Apo, Ali drew the attention of the tribunal to a pending application on the subpoena of INEC to the commission’s lawyer Charles Edosan Uwensuyi (SAN).

The eminent lawyer told the court that the electoral body intended to call all 60 witnesses to testify for it in the substantive suit.

He added that an application for the extension of time

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