The Governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Segun Oni, on Thursday, filed a 1,095-page petition before the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal.
Oni stated that he was challenging the outcome of the election at the tribunal in view of the fact that he allegedly defeated Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, who was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Oyebanji was declared the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), having polled 187,057 votes against Segun Oni, who came second with 82,209 votes.
Addressing Journalists shortly after filing the suit 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 to law and we are doing this to defend the sanctity of the system. I challenging the election result because I believe that I won.”
While Oni’s legal Counsel, Obafemi Adewale (SAN) said: “if his 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.
