PDP Suffers Major Setbacks Against APC As Court Strikes Out Application

• The PDP and its candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State have suffered major legal setbacks against Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC
• This is because the Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal dismissed the PDP and Adebutu application against Abiodun and APC's prayers on vote buying
• Adebutu and the PDP have argued that the petition did not include vote buying and Abiodun did not have to include it in his defence but the tribunal ruled in favour of the ruling party

Abeokuta, Ogun - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has experienced another round of legal setbacks in the March 18 governorship election tribunal in Ogun State.

This is as the Ogun State governorship election petitions tribunal dismisses the application of Ladi Adebutu and the PDP seeking to strike out the prayers of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that established vote-buying against the opposition, The Sun reported.

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Abiodun had earlier made a strong allegation of vote-buying against the PDP and Adebutu that they carried out during the March 18 governorship election.

Why court strikes out PDP's Application against APC in Ogun

The area of the APC Abiodun's response at the tribunal that was particular about the effect and degree of the electoral fraud that PDP and Adebutu committed was accepted by the panel unanimously.

The development was against the application of the PDP that sought to strike it out as it gave temporary victory to the APC and Abiodun in the ongoing legal battle between the two parties.

Adebutu and the PDP in their argument posited that the petition did not include vote buying allegation and the APC and Abiodun's defence should not include such allegations.

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But the panel in their ruling held that the governor cannot be restricted to the same issue that Adebutu and the PDP have raised in their petition.

Enugu: Tribunal invites PDP Governor Mbah

Legit.ng earlier reported that the PDP Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has been asked to appear before the Enugu State governorship election petition tribunal today, Friday.

The PDP governor was invited after the PRP candidate in the March 18 governorship election, Christopher Agu, filed an application to upturn the declaration of Mbah as the winner of the poll.

Agu claimed that Mbah of the PDP was not qualified to contest the election because it was alleged that he forged the NYSC certificate he presented to INEC during the election.

Source: Legit.ng