Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party has forwarded the name of Senator Ademola Adeleke to the Independent National Electoral Commission as its Osun State candidate for the September 22 governorship election in the state.

The party discarded the appeal filed by Dr Akin Ogunbiyi (who came second in the party’s primary) against Adeleke.



Our correspondent gathered that the Appeal Committee of the party examined Ogunbiyi’s grounds of appeal and found them “unworthy to warrant disqualifying Adeleke from the race or overturning his victory.”

The Appeal Committee, which met in Abuja on Monday night, was said to have handed over INEC forms to Adeleke on Tuesday morning.

Adeleke, who was also introduced to the National Executive Committee meeting of the party on Monday evening by the Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio, as the party’s candidate for the election, reportedly submitted his form to the commission on Tuesday.

“We have upheld the outcome of the primary. Senator Adeleke remains the candidate of the party in Osun State,” the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, told our correspondent.

Ogunbiyi, in his petition, claimed that he won the contest. He asked that he be declared the candidate of the party in the governorship election.

Ogunbiyi, who polled 1,562 against Adeleke’s 1,569 votes, insisted that the primary was manipulated in favour of Adeleke.

He argued that 42 voided votes and 128 unaccounted votes belonged to him, claiming that the total votes he garnered were 1,732.

Ogunbiyi also questioned Adeleke’s eligibility to contest the primary, insisting that a document allegedly submitted by the lawmaker as evidence of his educational qualification up to school certificate level did not meet the basic qualification stipulated by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act.



He said, “I wish to submit that Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke is not eligible to contest as a governorship candidate of the PDP having failed to meet the requirements as stipulated by Section 117 (D) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“Senator Adeleke submitted a document purported to be a testimonial as evidence that he was educated up to senior secondary certificate which is not suffice to meet the basic qualification stipulated by the Constitution and the Electoral Act.

“The date of issue on the purported testimonial submitted by Senator Adeleke was altered with a pen.

“The Principal of Muslim Grammar School, Ede, Mr Khalid Abbas, who purportedly signed the testimonial had not been posted to the school in question as of the date indicated on the document.”

Meanwhile, Justice David Oladimeji of the Osun State High Court has reserved ruling till Thursday in the application for an interim order to set aside the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election which produced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the contest.

Two members of the PDP, Rasheed Olabayo and Oluwaseun Idowu, has dragged the PDP governorship candidate to court over the allegation that he did not possess a West African School Certificate Examination result which is a constitutional requirement to contest for the governorship election.

The counsel for the applicants, Mr Olufemi Ayandokun, prayed the court for an interim order to set aside the primary and to restrain the PDP from submitting Adeleke’s name to INEC as the flag bearer as well and an interim order restraining the electoral body from accepting Adeleke as the candidate of the party.

The counsel told the court that the first applicant deposed to a 29 paragraph affidavit containing eight exhibits while urging the court to grant his prayers.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/punchng.com/pdp-dismisses-ogunbiyis-appeal-presents-adeleke-as-candidate/amp/

Let's go dai

Good for APC


The house is divided

PDP want to dance into 2019, Mba o

More troubles for Adeleke....
The lawyer of Senator Ademola Adeleke presented a testimonial date 24th July 2018 at the court today but the primaries was held on the 21st July, 2018 so what documents did he present at the PDP screening committee.....half dumb!
Forgery/Pejury loading....

We should be expecting Davido on his campaign train....oya shoki

ybalogs:
More troubles for Adeleke....
The lawyer of Senator Ademola Adeleke presented a testimonial date 24th July 2018 at the court today but the primaries was held on the 21st July, 2018 so what documents did he present at the PDP screening committee.....half dumb!
Forgery/Pejury loading....

Don't be a dullarrd.... He could have presented an affidavit.

arsenal33:
PDP want to dance into 2019, Mba o

Omisore of SDP is another formidable candidate. In all, the election will be really tough. I pray it does not become bloody.

imole de okunkun parada.

Ogunbiyi should go and sleep. He is too ambitious. Very soon APC will buy him and use him to tear PDP apart.

Ok. All the best to the gubernatorial candidates.

ybalogs:
More troubles for Adeleke....
The lawyer of Senator Ademola Adeleke presented a testimonial date 24th July 2018 at the court today but the primaries was held on the 21st July, 2018 so what documents did he present at the PDP screening committee.....half dumb!
Forgery/Pejury loading....

Nice observation.

pdp cant win this one. pls is the governor seat only for adeleke's family,abi governorship don turn to oye idile ni

ybalogs:
Omisore of SDP is another formidable candidate. In all, the election will be really tough. I pray it does not become bloody.

with the way pdp is going sdp go win for sure

Ok

What Omisore couldn't achieve under the Goodluck administration then, is this dancer will now achieve it?
In the State of Osun, PDP has been buried long time ago.

romanreign2084:
with the way pdp is going sdp go win for sure

Omisore the murderer?

Nawa for our so called politicians,virtually, all of them are fake ,with fake results.

Fesomu:
Omisore the murderer?

You haven't gotten tired with your miserable life

Fesomu:
Omisore the murderer?

see u if omisore is a murderer then pmb invented killing

It remains to be seen what he will do with the Forms. Fill them and go to jail for lying on oath and the PDP incurs a fine of n500,000.00 for presenting a candidate who is disqualified from contesting the elections because he is not educated up to School Certificate Level as required by s.177(d.) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 or .....

Fesomu:
Omisore the murderer?

I think something is wrong with your life... Must you talk? And probably if u don't know what to say, just keep silence. Please endeavour to always get the precise details about anybody before you react. So, Mr man, watch your mouth before it implicates u. Receive some senses

Adeleke: the candidate of both sympathy and empathy, the man is just riding on the work and popularity of his brother, good luck to you though

Waiting patiently for Pre-election chest beating again...I comment my reserve until further notice...

hmmm

Fesomu:
Omisore the murderer?

ohh....he was the one that killed your parent?

Maybe Omisore will eventually win the election..... The odds may swing in his favor....



Watch out..