The internal crisis within the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) intensified on Friday after former governorship aspirant Abayomi Hunye filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, requesting a review of past electoral documents submitted under oath by Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.
Hunye is asking the court to order a judicial examination of Adeola’s previous Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination forms to determine the state of origin the senator declared during earlier elections.
The request was disclosed in a statement issued in Lagos by Hunye’s media adviser, Femi Oyewole, after a press briefing led by his principal lawyer, Olamide Victor.
Victor explained that the case was not intended to dispute Adeola’s status as a Yewa indigene but was aimed at raising questions about consistency in official documents and alleged perjury in sworn declarations.
“We are not challenging the indigeneity of Senator Olamilekan Adeola as a Yewa son. What we are bringing before the court is a matter of statutory integrity and constitutional compliance.
“He has held public elective offices over two decades. What state of origin did he declare under oath in his previous INEC nomination forms when he contested in Lagos State? Was it Ekiti State? Was it Lagos State? Any deliberate inconsistency in documents submitted under oath carries severe legal implications,” Victor said.
Although copies of the disputed historical forms were not made available to journalists at the briefing, Victor said certified true copies obtained from INEC repositories would be presented as evidence during the court proceedings.
The suit is the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Hunye and Adeola over the APC governorship ticket for the 2027 Ogun State election.
On the issue of his legal standing to institute the case, Hunye said he was not attempting to use the court to secure the party’s ticket but wanted the judiciary to determine whether the APC’s internal nomination process complied with electoral laws.
“I am not asking the media or the public to declare me the candidate. I am asking the judiciary to look at the process, examine the facts under the Electoral Act, and allow the law to take its proper course,” Hunye stated.
Hunye also challenged the Ogun APC State Working Committee’s claim that he was suspended from the party on April 7, 2026, following a petition allegedly submitted by members of his ward in Tube, Ipokia Local Government Area.
He questioned the party’s position, noting that he was allowed to purchase the N50m governorship expression of interest and nomination forms on April 28, three weeks after the alleged suspension.
“If I was genuinely suspended on April 7, why did the party accept my N50m payment on April 28? Why was my application processed, and why was I cleared by the screening committee to contest the primary?” he asked.
Hunye contested the APC governorship primary held on May 21, where Adeola was declared the winner with 304,055 votes out of 305,287 accredited voters, while Hunye was recorded as receiving zero votes.
He said he had exhausted the party’s internal dispute-resolution process by submitting formal petitions to the APC Governorship Primary Appeal Committee without receiving a response, prompting him to seek judicial redress.
Hunye further rejected claims that his legal action was being funded by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, insisting that the case was an independent effort to promote internal democracy within the party.
