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The Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta has so far, received 19 petitions from various candidates and political parties challenging the outcome of the elections in the state.
The Secretary of the Tribunal, Ezenta Obioma, disclosed this on Friday.
Obioma said two of the petitions were received from the governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Oladipupo Adebutu, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, challenging the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress at the March 18 governorship election.
He also revealed that 17 House of Assembly candidates from various state constituencies filed petitions challenging the results of the House of Assembly elections.
PDP and NNPP had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, APC and Abiodun before the Tribunal in their separate petitions.
Adebutu and the PDP in their petition are seeking an order of the court declaring him as the winner of the election.
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The NNPP, in its petition, is challenging the alleged omission of its name on the ballot papers for the governorship election by INEC.
When asked when the Tribunal would commence sitting, the Secretary of the Tribunal said, “We are still at the filing stage, so I cannot tell you precisely when the Tribunal is going to commence sitting.”
Meanwhile, the Election Tribunal sitting in Enugu says it had received 46 petitions from aggrieved candidates of various political parties.
The secretary of the Tribunal, Yusuf Folmi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Enugu.
Folmi said that 38 of the petitions were filed by dissatisfied state legislative candidates while eight were received from aggrieved governorship candidates and parties
