Osun 2022: Oyetola To Know Fate In Disqualification Suit On Thursday

The Governor of Osun State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the July 16th governorship election, Gboyega Oyetola will know his fate on Thursday in a disqualification suit filed against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Justice Inyang Ekwo on Wednesday fixed the case for Thursday after counsel for the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments in the matter.

A chieftain of the party, Moshood Adeoti, through his legal team led by Chiesonu Okpoko (SAN), had filed the suit against Oyetola.

Adeoti on the 19th of February lost the APC governorship ticket to the state Governor.

The governorship aspirant in the summon, prayed the court to nullify Oyetola’s candidacy because the governor contested in the poll as a member of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary and Convention Planning Committee (CECPC).

The plaintiff said the act contravened the provisions of Section 222 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and Article 31(iii) of the APC, October 2014 (as amended).

According to him, the second defendant (Oyetola) ought to have resigned his membership of the APC’s CECPC and leave office as an officer of APC at least 30 days before the date of the Osun State primary election, to qualify for participation in the governorship primary.

The court will deliver the judgement two days before the governorship election in the state.