Ogun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal will deliver judgement today, Friday on the legal battle between candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dapo Abiodun, and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade, Sun report.
The APM and Akinlade had filed a petition marked EPT/OG/GOV/01/19 before the tribunal, alleging over-voting and Abiodun’s lack of qualification to contest March 9 governorship election.
During the election, Abiodun polled 241,670 votes to be declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), while Akinlade scored 222,153 votes.
Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Gboyega Isiaka, polled 110,422 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Buruji Kashamu, polled 70,290 votes.
The Justice Yusuf Halilu-led panel had last month, August 19, reserved its ruling after all parties adopted final written addresses before the tribunal.
The tribunal secretary, Nyir Henry Sekulla, who confirmed that the tribunal would deliver judgment on Friday, said all parties have been duly informed.
Amid fear of breakdown of law and order, the Ogun State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a telephone interview, told Daily Sun that the command was more than prepared for the judgement.
