Ekiti 2022: Oyebanji Defeats Segun Oni At Tribunal

Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed the victory of Governor Biodun Oyebanji as winner of Ekiti 2022 election.

The Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday dismissed petition of Engr Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

State Governor and APC Candidate during Ekiti 2022 governorship election, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has

The Tribunal in over two hours forty five minutes judgement dissolved all the issues raised by the petitioner for determination against victory of Governor Biodun Oyebanji.

Delivering the ruling, a member of the Tribunal Justice Zaad Zadawa ruled that the SDP and its candidate failed to present satisfactory evidences that the incumbent Governor and his Deputy were not eminently qualified to context the June 18 poll.

The court further affirmed that it was purile for the petitioner to base thier case on the signing a nomination letter since it was the party at the state level that decide candidate to represent it in an election.