Ekiti Governor-Elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, APC Hire 35 SANs, And Lawyers To Battle PDP

• Ekiti APC has hired 35 Lawyers (SANS) in defence of a petition filed by the PDP gubernatorial candidate Prof. Kolapo Olusola.

The SANs are Prince Lateef Fagbemi, Chief Akin Olujimi, Jelili Owonikoko, John Baiyeshea, Segun Ajibola, Hakeem AfoIabi, Kayode Olatoke etc.

The 2,558-page defence with over 3,000 documents as exhibits, Fayemi averred that APC won the gubernatorial election of July 14.

He urged the tribunal to dismiss Olusola’s petition for lacking in merit.

The team of lawyers armed with 3,500 exhibits and 1,009 witnesses were led to the tribunal by three Senior Advocates of Nigeria

Olatoke addressing the press

Addressing the press after filing the petition, Olatoke who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, said Olusola’s petition was a waste of time. It lacked substance and was sure that the case would be dismissed by the tribunal.

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He explained further that Fayemi won fair and square in 12 out of the 16 local government areas. Olusola Eleka won in four Local Government Areas of the state.

Olatoke dismissed Olusola’s claim of over voting in some polling units as frivolous and baseless.

He said Eleka’s first ground in his petition was based on Fayose’s phantom indictment, which had been nullified. And it was set aside by a competent court.

“The second ground of Eleka’s (Olusola) petition is alleged over voting, which is another false claim. In any case, the petition in itself is self-defeating.

“The third ground is on deliberate voiding of votes as alleged by Eleka but in actual fact, majority of the voided ballots were votes meant for Fayemi. The fourth ground is on vote-buying which is baseless as it was, Eleka’s sponsor, Fayose that was guilty of this.

“Fayemi won convincingly based on his popularity,” Olatoke said.

No date has been fixed for hearing.

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