Ekiti Election: SDP Governorship Candidate challenges Oyebanji’s victory

On Jul 8, 2022

The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in the June 18, 2022, gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni, has challenged the victory of Mr. Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Addressing journalists shortly after suing on Thursday evening at the High Court premises in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Oni said: “I’m here to submit my petition in accordance with the law, and we are doing this to defend the sanctity of the system. I challenging the election result because I believe I won.”

Oyebanji was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having polled 187,057 votes against Segun Oni, who came a distant second with 82,209 votes.

While Oni’s legal Counsel, Obafemi Adewale (SAN), said: “if my client had believed the governorship election had been free, fair, and credible that he would not have challenged the outcome.”

Adewale said his client also believed that the person declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) did not win with lawful votes.

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