Osun State governor Rauf Aregbesola has
hired eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria
(SAN) to defend him over the petition filed
by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)
candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore
The SANs include Chief Akin Olujinmi ,
Rotimi Akeredolu, Prof Yemi Osinbayo,
Kola Awodein, Femi Falana, Kemi
Pinhenro, Segun Ajibola.
The development came just as the Osun
state chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) State has filed a 257-
page reply against the petition of the
Omisore on the August 9, governorship
election in Osun State.
The APC, which is the second respondent
in the petition, also filed written
statements of 600 witnesses yesterday.
Omisore is challenging the re-election of
Aregbesola, claiming that the election was
marred with fraud.
Filing the reply, lead lawyer to the APC,
Mr Kunle Adegoke said the respondent, in
its reply was asking the tribunal to
dismiss the petition of the PDP and its
candidate because it is baseless, frivolous
and contentious.
He said the reply of the APC contains
about 257-page where explanations were
offered on the happenings in the local
governments being challenged by the
PDP.
He said, “We started filling the reply on
Saturday; we have about 600 witnesses
that we have prepared their witness
statements to counter the allegation of
the petitioners.
“Our reply is to the effect that the
allegation raised by the petitioner are
completely frivolous, baseless, vexatious
and constitute abuse of court process.
“We are saying they don’t have any
business being here, they are only here to
waste the precious time of the tribunal
and our own precious time too.
“In addition, we are saying there must be
punitive cost to be awarded against the
petitioners for wasting the time of the
court and our own time too”, he added.
Adegoke further noted that the tribunal
was further informed in the reply that if
not for the vigilance, resoluteness and the
preparedness of the electorate that stood
firm to say no to rigging, the election
would have been rigged by PDP and its
candidate.
The APC counsel then noted that if the
petitioners are serious, and desirous of
driving the petition the way it should be
done, the petition would be concluded
within the stipulated 180 days.
He noted that steps the petitioners have
taken so far do not portend them as leadership.ng/news/384815/omisores-petition-aregbesola-hires-8-sans
people that are serious about the petition.

we are not fools here now... and i think we osun people are not fools...
APC IS saying it is baseless and they hired 8 SAN plz common sense should be common.
and OGBENI self don dey evade the Pettis ion self