Omisore Presented More Documents In Court

The election petition tribunal adjudicating over matters arising from the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, on Thursday, admitted in more evidence and

documents tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to dispute the election results in 17 local government areas of the state. 

Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, ruled that all documents tendered by the petitioner be admitted in evidence and marked as exhibits. 

Omisore’s counsel, Dr Alex Izinyon, at the resumed hearing of the petition, tendered Certified True Copies (CTC) of Form EC40A series, which are ballot papers account and verification statements and Form EC40B for all the 17 local government areas in contention. 

Counsel for the first respondent (Rauf Aregbesola), Chief Akin Olujinmi, raised objections to all the documents tendered by the petitioner and reserved his objections till the address stage. 

Similarly, counsel for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Kemi Pinheiro, as well as his Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) counterpart, Mr Ayotunde Ogunleye, also countered all the documents tendered, arguing that they would advance reasons for their objections to the admissibility of the documents at their final addresses stage. 

The proceeding still continues as of the time of filing this report.