BREAKING: Tribunal Strikes Out PDP's Petition Against APC

• The Ogun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed a petition filed by the PDP against the APC
• The PDP and its candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, are challenging the victory of Dapo Abiodun in the March 18 governorship election in the state
• Adebutu alleged that the APC and its candidate, Governor Abiodun, were involved in vote buying during the election

Abeokuta, Ogun - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s petition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has been struck out by the Ogun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday, June 19.

The PDP candidate in the March 18 governorship election in the state, Oladipupo Adebutu, has alleged that there was vote buying by the APC during the poll, PM News reported.

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In the petition filed by Adebutu and the PDP on April 6, in case number EPT/OG/GOV/03/2023, the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State was challenged on the ground of non-compliance to the Electoral Act and alleged corrupt practice during the poll.

Justice Hamidu Kunaza-led three-man panel earlier ruled on one of the preliminary applications during the pre-hearing on June 13.

Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the lead counsel to the governor, had, in an application, challenged the petitioner's response dated May 22 on the vote-buying allegation by the second respondent (Abiodun) during the election.

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Abiodun's legal team raised the allegation of vote-buying against Adebutu and the PDP in their response to the original petition, but they were also accused of the same allegation in the Adebutu and PDP response.

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Abiodun was declared the winner of the March 19 governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

"The true unifier is Governor Nyesom Wike": Gov Makinde shades Atiku

Legit.ng earlier reported that Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has mocked Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential flagbearer in the 2023 election, at an event in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Makinde said someone referred to himself as a true unifier while Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, is the true unifier.

The governor said this while noting that politicians from different political parties gathered together because of Wike but Atiku, who referred to himself as a unifier, could not do that.

Source: Legit.ng