The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday upheld the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state. According to Dailytrust, a three-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Suleiman Belgore dismissed the petition by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Kolapo Olusola in the July 14, 2018 governorship election.
In a six-hour judgement, Justice Belgore said the petitioners failed to provide evidence of alleged non-compliance with the Electoral Act and irregularities in the election.
Reacting to the judgment, the All progressives Congress, APC described the victory as expected, saying the party perpetrated no electoral heist in the election to warrant the nullification of its outcome.
The State Deputy Chairman of the party, Hon Sola Elesin who spoke to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti said
“We are happy over the outcome of the election, but we are not in any way surprised, because the transparent election was held in the July 14 governorship election.
“It was clear that Governor Fayemi won fair and square, so we are not afraid even if they want to appeal the judgement, we are ready for them because we have no skeleton in our cupboard. There were no cases of electoral malpractices”.
On the allegation that the shake-up in the judiciary regarding the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen was part of the alleged plot by APC to win at the Tribunal, Elesin said: “They only wanted to damage the reputation of the judiciary.
“We had won two litigations since Fayemi came on board. He was taken to the court on his eligibility to contest the APC governorship primary and he won. He was taken to the Election Petition Tribunal, he also came out victorious.
“We will continue to win because we have no skeleton in our cupboard”, he said.
