Oyebanji Vs Oni: Tribunal Delivers Final Judgement On Ekiti June 18 Guber Polls

The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has affirmed Governor Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the last governorship election held in the state.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyebanji as the winner of the election June 18, 2022, governorship election in Ekiti, but the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Segun Oni rejected the result and challenged the election outcome before the tribunal.

Oni’s petition at the tribunal hinged on alleged election rigging by voter inducement and bypass of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at some polling stations; the authenticity of the WAEC certificate presented by the Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Monisade Afuye among other grounds.

However, in its ruling on Thursday, the Ekiti Tribunal upheld Oyebanji’s victory at the polls.

2023: No Sensible Person Will Vote For APC, PDP – Kwankwaso

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians against voting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.

Naija News reports that Kwankwaso submitted that both parties are responsible for the damages done to Nigeria since the country returned to democracy in 1999.

According to him, it would be a shame to vote for candidates of both parties in the 2023 presidential election, adding that no sensible person should choose either of the two parties or vote for their candidates.

Kwankwaso said both APC and PDP have nothing new to offer Nigerians apart from the insecurity, economic woes, and other challenges they have submitted the country’s people to over the years.

Naija News understands he stated this while speaking to journalists in Gusau, Zamfara State capital.

He said, “It’s shameful that the APC-led federal government has failed to tackle untrained bandits in the forest, upon the huge number of Military, Police, DSS and NSCDS and financial resources.

“How can a sensible person, upon all the daily killings and kidnapping of their relations, approve the continuation of these bad acts by electing PDP or APC candidates.”

Kwankwaso stated that he had the blueprint to end all the challenges and urged Nigerians to vote for him as their next president.

“During my tenure as Governor of Kano State, I ensured every child with University requirements attended University education both within and overseas,” he added.