Eligibility Case: Segun Oni warns Fayemi over rumours on Supreme Court decision

Sade AdewaleApril 8, 2019

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A new twist was at the weekend added to the eligibility case between former Deputy Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebayo Segun Oni and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi pending before the Supreme Court as Oni warns Fayemi and his followers to stop peddling rumours that could foist a fait accompli on the decision to the Apex Court.

Oni’s lawyer, Ademuyiwa Adeniyi, in a letter to Fayemi’s lawyer, R. O Balogun, demanded that he asks his clients to stop the rumours they peddle over the Supreme Court judgement in the case, or else, he would be left with no choice other than to report the demeanor to the Supreme Court.

Chief Adeniyi complained about the breaking news report in the social media which claimed that the Supreme Court has “dismissed Engr. Segun Oni Case and affirmed the Court of Appeal Judgement in favour of Dr. Kayode Fayemi”.

The case, SC 205/2019 and SC 206/2019 were heard in open court April 2 and judgement reserved for April 18, 2019. The following day, the social media was awashed with stories that the Supreme Court had rendered its judgement in favour of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the incumbent Governor of Ekiti State.

Fake online news on the decision Supreme Court

Chief Adeniyi cited two individuals he alleged are agents of Fayemi as the purveyors of the news which hit the social media by 11:30 am on Wednesday April 3, almost 24 hours after the case was heard. He mentioned one Oska Seyi Ayeleso who posted the news on Ekiti Eleven (E11) Club WhatsApp and one Oluwaseun Famiodu popularly called Ejanafish who posted his own on Ekiti First WhatsApp platform. “Investigations revealed that others also posted the news in the social media including one Odebunmi Idowu who made a Facebook posting at 12:33 pm on April 3″.

The petition further alleged that similar activity was carried out just before the judgements of the trial court, and Court of Appeal were delivered.

He said:”Ordinarily, I would have counseled my client and his advisers to ignore and or discontenance this but for the fact that prior to the pronouncement of the judgement of the Court of Appeal in CA/EK/94/2018(the judgement appealed from), the same scenario occurred and indeed, excerpts of the judgement yet to be delivered were posted on social media- only to be taken down shortly before my clients could capture and print”.

He stated further: “It behoves me as counsel to draw the attention of their lordships at the Supreme Court to this development, but I shall refrain from doing so for now. If your client and his social media people/supporters do not cease and desist; I shall ensure that my client harvest all these offensive posts and forward same to the Supreme Court.”