The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition
Tribunal has permitted the All Progressives
Congress (APC) to serve the governorship
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, through
substituted service.
The three-man tribunal headed by Justice
Muhammad Sirajo granted the order following an
exparte application by Kabir Akingbolu, counsel
to the APC.
Akingbolu told the tribunal that it was difficult
serving Fayose the petition.
Justice Sirajo also granted an order for the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to permit the APC unrestricted access to
the electoral materials used in the said election
for purpose of inspection.
The motion brought pursuant to Section 151
(1&2) and paragraph 47(1 and 2) of the First
Schedule of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended
was supported by a 15-paragraph affidavit
deposed to by Christian Okoh, a lawyer.
Justice Sirajo said: “Leave is hereby granted the
applicant to move the application outside and
prior to per-hearing session.
“Prayer 2,3 and 4 are consequently granted
subject to the payment by the petitioner to the
Chief National Electoral Commissioner the
requisite fee for the certification of documents
aforementioned.
“With respect to the second motion no: EKS/Gov/
M3/14, the application for substituted service of
the petition on the second respondent (Fayose)
is also granted in view of the failure of personal
service.”
The APC’s lawyer told reporters that the ruling
has empowered the petitioner to serve Fayose a
copy of the petition through courier to his home
country in Afao-Ekiti or by pasting a copy on the
wall of the PDP secretariat in Ado-Ekiti.
Akingbolu’s said: “The court has granted us an
order to use an expert in handwriting, biometric
data and scientific analysts that can examine
the ballot papers to prove whether the
allegation we made is true or not, which we
believe will be successfully proved.”

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pls can you explain this clearly

The first thing they should do is to go and protect the INEC office and ballot papers from being burned down or changed before they are examined. Fayose and GEJ are crooks and are so desperate for power! Hope they won't go and bribe the judges like Yaradua did in 2007 using Andoakaa.

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