Adeleke asks for Oyetola's motion to be dismissed, court ends trial

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The People's Democratic Party candidate and winner of the July 16 Osun State Governor's election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday petitioned the Court of Osun campaign petitions to reject the petition challenging his poll victory.

During the session of the college, however, the proceedings were adjourned for a few minutes shortly after the start, because part of the courtroom was closed after a heavy downpour .

The respondents' legal team: Professor Paul Ananaba, SAN, who represented the Independent National Electoral Commission, and Adeleke's attorney, Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, and Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, who represented the PDP, had asked the panel to reject the petition filed by All Progressives Congress candidate Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola against Adeleke's election victory.

Counsel for the Respondents had drawn the court's attention to a decision by a Federal High Court in Abuja which invalidated Oyetola's nomination in the ballot for the post of governor and asked the panel to strike the petition. before.

But the Claimant's Lead Counsel, Mr. Lasun Sanusi, SAN, while responding to requests to dismiss the petition based on the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja that disqualified Oyetola from running for office, cited Supreme Court decisions in Jegede Vs INEC, 2021.

He also cited APM Vs INEC, 2002 NWLR, Pt 18 Page 159, arguing that the request to dismiss the motion based on the judgment was an abuse of the court process.

In his decision, the presiding judge, Judge Tertsea Kume, declared the pre-hearing session closed and announced that the report of the pre-hearing conference would be presented on Monday .

Furthermore, after deliberation, counsel for all parties to the case have agreed to commence the full hearing commencing with the call of witnesses on October 26, 2022.