Babalola, who is the Deputy Majority leader of the Oyo Assembly, was dragged to the Tribunal by Mr Olalekan Usman. The House of Assembl...
Babalola, who is the Deputy Majority leader of the Oyo Assembly, was dragged to the Tribunal by Mr Olalekan Usman.
The House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan
has upheld the elections of two legislators of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in the Oyo State Assembly.
It was reported that the three-man panel of justices Tribunal led
by D. M. Igyuse upheld the elections of Messrs Olasunkanmi Babalola
(Egbeda State Constituency) and Akeem Adeshina (Iwajowa State
Constituency).
It was previously reported that the duo were dragged before the
Tribunal by their All Progressives Congress (APC) opponents in the last
general election to challenge their victory.
Babalola, who is the Deputy Majority leader of the Oyo Assembly,
was dragged to the Tribunal by Mr Olalekan Usman, while Adeshina was
challenged at the Tribunal by Mr Johnson Eroyalesun.
In its ruling on Monday, the Tribunal dismissed the separate
petitions on account that the petitioners could neither prove nor
establish their claims of irregularities in the election.
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