Governor Oyebanji, Deputy Close Case at Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji and the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Monisade Afuye, have closed their case before the Election Petition Tribunal hearing the dispute arising from the June 18, 2022 governorship election.

They announced their intent to close their case at the resumed hearing of the petition through their lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).

Oyebanji and Afuye are the 1st and 5th Respondents respectively in the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate, Olusegun Oni.

Other Respondents in the petition are the All Progressives Congress (APC) (2nd), Alhaji Mai Mala Buni (3rd) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (4th).

Oni and his party (SDP) are the 1st and 2nd Petitioners respectively.

Earlier At the Tribunal’s sitting, the 1st and 5th petitioners had brought a witness, Mr. Garba Arogundade, the APC Secretary in Ekiti State, who testified that the governorship election was free, fair, credible and conducted in line with best practices.

Fagbemi told the three-member Panel that the 1st and 5th Respondents would be closing their case at the Tribunal.

Fagbemi said the decision was arrived at after exhaustive deliberation even though his clients still had more witnesses to bring to the Tribunal to give evidence.