Nigeria: 'I Didn't File Any Petition Against Adeleke' - Osun PDP Candidate
Adebayo Adedamola said he never authorized the petition, as the tribunal later withdrew the case and left the challenge to Adeleke’s win unresolved.
- On Tuesday, Peoples Democratic Party candidate Wole Oluyede formally withdrew his petition challenging Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji's re-election, and the Election Petition Tribunal in Ado-Ekiti struck out the case.
- Oluyede attributed his decision to requests from 'important people,' specifically President Bola Tinubu, citing a need to seek the way forward for Ekiti and ensure collective progress.
- In Osun State, the All Progressives Congress dropped its challenge against Governor Ademola Adeleke, while PDP candidate Adebayo Adedamola disowned a petition filed in his name, stating "There's no petition filed by me or my counsel."
- Despite these withdrawals, the tribunal will proceed with substantive petitions scheduled for Monday, September 14, involving the Social Democratic Party candidate Isaac Alade and Action Alliance candidate Matthew Omotoso.
- Similar political de-escalation occurred in Ogun State, where litigants withdrew four major court cases challenging Senator Solomon Adeola's APC candidacy, reportedly to focus collective efforts on 2027 election objectives.
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Osun guber: APC withdraws petition challenging Gov Adeleke’s victory
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in the August 15 Osun State governorship election have moved to withdraw a petition challenging Governor Ademola Adeleke’s victory. Counsel to the APC and its candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, Seyi Oyagbile, filed a motion seeking the withdrawal of the petition before the Osun State Governorship Election Petition […] Osun guber: APC withdraws petition challenging Gov Adeleke’s victory
Ekiti Guber: Tribunal strikes out Oluyede’s petition against Oyebanji
By Rotimi Ojomoyela ADO-EKITI — The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Dr Wole Oluyede, challenging the re-election of Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Abubakar Idris Kutigi, struck out the petition […]
Nigeria: 'I Didn't File Any Petition Against Adeleke' - Osun PDP Candidate
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the August 15 Osun State election, Adebayo Adedamola, has disowned a petition challenging Governor Ademola Adeleke's victory, saying neither he nor his counsel filed or authorised the case.
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