In Osun: Aregbesola wins at Election Tribunal
Omisore sought the nullification of the governorship election, which
Aregbesola won in August 2014 but the tribunal held on Friday, February
6, that the petitioner did not provide sufficient evidence of
malpractice.
Source:Jola Sotub: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has triumphed over opponent, Iyiola Omisore as the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the state has dismissed the case against him.
Omisore
sought the nullification of the governorship election, which Aregbesola
won in August 2014 but the tribunal held on Friday, February 6, that
the petitioner did not provide sufficient evidence of malpractice.
The
tribunal also held that there was no proof to show that the election
was conducted without substantial compliance with the provisions of the
Electoral Act.
“The testimonies of these
witnesses are unsatisfactory and the PDP forensic analyst did not show
that ballot papers were not used accordingly,” the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, said.
“As
such, their testimonies failed to support their claims. None of them
gave evidence on the issue of multiple voting, which they earlier
claimed. The panel also held that issue of multiple voting was not found
in his examination. On allegations of over-voting, no single evidence
of over voting was proved. Similarly, on the allegations that O’Yes was
used as INEC officials, there is no such evidence,” she said.
Aregbesola,
of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won 394,684 votes to beat
Omisore, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who won 292,747 votes.
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