National Assembly Elections: 16 Candidates File Petitions at Oyo Election Tribunal (See Names)

Sixteen candidates from various political parties
have filed petitions at the National Assembly
Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at the State High
Court, Iyaganku Ibadan, Oyo State, following the
Feb. 23 elections.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) who visited the venue of the sitting, on
Tuesday reports that the petitions received so far
included four from Senatorial and 12 from House
of Representatives candidates.

Among the grounds for the petitions are unlawful
exclusion by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), corrupt practices and non-
compliance with electoral law.
The petitioners are praying the tribunal to nullify
the elections where they were not declared
winners, among other prayers.

The NAN also reports that Sen. Monsurat Sumonu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), with suit
no : EPT/OY/SEN/16/2019, is challenging the
winner of Oyo Central Senatorial District Election,
Sen. Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives
Congress(APC).

Also, Chief Lukman Ilaka, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Oyo Central
Senatorial District, petitioned the tribunal with suit
no: EPT/OY/SEN/12/2019, against Sen. Teslim
Folarin.

Mrs Mulikat Akande, PDP candidate for the Oyo North Senatorial District, filed a petition with suit
no: EPT/OY/SEN/09/2019, against the winner of
the election, Sen. Buhari AbdulFatai.
The fourth petition in the senatorial elections was
filed by the APC against Chief Kola Balogun, PDP
candidate who was declared winner by INEC for
the Oyo South Senatorial District.
Joined in APC’s petition are INEC and PDP.

Among others who filed petitions for the House of Representatives are: Isaac Adeboye of the Providence People’s Party, (PPP) challenging Stanley Olajide of PDP for (Ibadan North West/
South West).

Ademola Omotosho of PDP, also petitioned
against APC candidate, Olajide Akinremi, who won
the election into the Ibadan North Federal
Constituency seat.

Saheed Fijabi (Ibadan North West/South West) is
challenging Mr Stanley Olajide of PDP, winner of
the election, in a suit no EPT/IY/HR/08/2019.
Fijabi is claiming that Olajide was not duly elected
by the majority of the lawful votes cast at the election.

The Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr Ibrahim Kala, told NAN that the tribunal was still open to receive petitions. Kala disclosed that Justice DS Igyuse headed the 3-man tribunal to hear all petitions relating to the
national assembly elections in Oyo State.
(NAN)