FINALLY, Balogun Floors Ajimobi As Court Of Appeal Dismissed Case |OGBOMOSO INFO|

Senator Kola Balogun, has floored the immediate past governor Abiola Ajimobi.
That means Senator Ajimobi has to wait till 2023 to seek re-election into Oyo South senatorial district and try his luck.

The court of appeal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, few minutes ago confirmed the judgement of the National Assembly election petition tribunal which had earlier ruled in favor of Balogun.

At today’s judgement, the court dismissed the All Progressives Congress, APC, petition.
The result of the Feb. 23 election as declared by INEC shown that Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defeated his closest rival, Abiola Ajimobi of the APC with a vote difference of 13,502.

The PDP candidate ended the contest with a total of 105,720 votes while the candidate of the APC had 92,217 votes.

On October 17th, 2019, the court reserved judgement. This was after the panel of justices reserved judgment after adoption of the written addresses of the appellants; the APC and Ajimobi whose legal team was led by Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN), and respondents: the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Balogun and PDP.

Olujimi in his submission had challenged the qualification of Balogun to participate in February 23 election on the ground that he did not participate in the PDP primary election but was selected.
He also argued that the National Assembly Election Tribunal did not properly evaluate the evidence brought before it before delivering judgment in the petition.

The respondent’s lawyers were led by Messrs Ademola Osuolale, Olalekan Ojo (SAN) and Oluwasesan Dada.
They added that the issue raised on the primary election of PDP lacked evidence as being proposed by the appellant as the basis for nullifying the candidature of Balogun, the second respondent.

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