The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the just concluded governorship election in Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, Thursday evening, filed a 1,095-page petition before the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal.
Oni said he was challenging the outcome of the election at the tribunal believing he allegedly defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,(APC) Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji who was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Recalled Biodun Oyebanji was declared winner having polled 187,057 votes to defeat his closest opponent ,Segun Oni who polled 82,209 to emerge second.
Chief Segun Oni who interacted with journalists at the tribunal shortly after his legal team submitted the petition, said, “I’m here to submit my petition in accordance with the law and we are doing this to defend the sanctity of the system. I am challenging the election result because I believe that I won.”
Obafemi Adewale,( SAN, ) Segun Oni’sLawyer said there was more to the election, “If my client had believed the governorship election was free, fair, and credible, he would not have challenged the outcome . Saying his client believed that Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of APC did not win with lawful votes.
