There is anxiety in Ekiti as the Supreme Court in
Abuja would on Tuesday deliver judgment in the
appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress against
the victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose in the June
21, 2014 governorship election.
Fayose, in a statewide broadcast on Monday asked
residents to maintain peace and go about their lawful
duties.
The governor, who thanked the people for voting
overwhelmingly for all the Peoples Democratic
Party’s candidates in the Saturday House of Assembly
elections, said the victory had confirmed that he had
a genuine mandate of the people.
Expressing belief in God, he said he was sure that he
would be vindicated at the end of the day and
triumph over whatever plans launched to truncate
his tenure by individuals or groups.
A commercial driver, Ade Bamdele, expressed
confidence that the governor would win the case.
A trader, Esther Orji, said the Ekiti people required
peace, saying the judgment would remove the
tension associated with the election.
The Ekiti Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal
had on December 19, 2014 upheld Fayose’s victory
and dismissed the APC petition for lack of merit.
Dissatisfied, the Appellant went to the appellate court
to challenge the victory of Fayose on the grounds that
he was not qualified to stand election as a candidate
because of his impeachment of October 16, 2006.
The APC also alleged that the Governor forged his
academic certificates and violated the Code of
Conduct Rules.
The five-member panel chaired by Justice Abdu Aboki
in its judgment on February 16 upheld the judgment
of the Tribunal which affirmed Fayose of the PDP as
the winner of the June 21, 2014 poll.
Though the Justice Abdul Aboki-led five-man panel
dismissed the appeal filed by the APC, it found merit
in the appellant’s complaints that the military was
used to harass and intimidate its supporters and
leaders during the polls.
Dissatisfied, the party went to the Supreme Court.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had
declared that Fayose polled 203,090 votes to defeat
the then incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, of
the All Progressives Congress who polled 120,433
votes in the election. www.punchng.com/news/anxiety-as-supreme-court-decides-fayoses-fate-tuesday/

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