Court Nullifies Oyetola’s Emergence As APC Candidate In July Gov’ship Election
A Federal high court sitting in Abuja has held in a case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Gboyega Oyetola that the nomination and sponsorship Of Governor Gboyega Oyetola and his deputy at the 16th July Osun State governorship election, 2022 was incurably defective as Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State and the then APC chairman who oversaw the primary election which produced Governor Oyetola as the APC governorship candidate in Osun State could not have constitutionally held dual positions.
The Federal High Court on this ground, declared the primary election which produced Governor Oyetola as the governorship candidate of APC in the Osun State governorship election, 2022 as illegal and unconstitutional thus, null and void.
Meanwhile, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ismail Omipidan, has appealed to supporters of the governor to remain calm in the face of the decision of the court to nullify his candidature in the July 16 governorship poll.
He noted that their team of lawyers would be challenging the decision at the Court of Appeal, just as he expressed confidence that the decision would be set aside.
Omipidan further noted that the case was instituted by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite the fact there is a plethora of decisions flowing from the apex court that frowns at such a decision.
He said that, for the record, the position of the law is that only members of the APC who participated in the primary election can approach the court to challenge the nomination of Oyetola as the candidate of the party.
“All these are part of the antics of the opposition PDP and some of their collaborators from within to distract us. But like each of their plans, this too has fallen flat on their faces.
“They want to distract us from the Tribunal case. But we shall remain focused until we take back our mandate. We have confidence in the Tribunal to do justice in the case before it, just as we have implicit confidence in the Appeal Court to set aside this latest decision of the Federal High Court,” Omipidan said.
