The election petition tribunal grants leave to Olumuyiwa Adu to inspect all the election materials used by INEC in the conduct of the poll
By Julius Alabi, Akure
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has granted leave to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the House of Representatives election for Akure South/North Federal Constituency, Barrister Olumuyiwa Adu, to inspect all materials used during the election.
Olumuyiwa Adu had recently challenged the victory of the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mayokun Lawson Alade at the Election Petition Tribunal in Akure.
Adu, candidate of PDP narrowly lost the poll with 1,812 votes to the winner and candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mayokun Lawson Alade in an election believed to be heavily induced by vote-buying and other breaches of provisions of the 2010 Electoral Act in the last bye-election.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Mayokun Lawson Alade of the APC the winner of the poll to replace the former occupier of the seat, late Adedayo Omolafe, popularly known as ‘Expensive’ who died in September 2021.
But Adu rejected the results of the election, saying he will reclaim his “stolen mandate” at the Election Petition Tribunal.
“I am confident that PDP will reclaim the stolen mandate at the court with the volume of evidence we made available to the tribunal which is enough to return me as the right winner of the election,” Adu said.
He further enjoined party members and his supporters not to be discouraged by the outcome of the election; as he is confident of getting justice to redeem his stolen mandate at the Tribunal.
Also, Barrister Olumuyiwa Adu Campaign Organisation has also rejected the result of the House of Representatives by-election, saying it was fraught with irregularities.
The campaign organisation threw its weight behind the PDP candidate and the legal action taken to reclaim the mandate, promising not to leave any stone unturned to get justice.