The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed Thursday to deliver judgment in a suit seeking the disqualification of Governor ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA of Osun State as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the July 16 governorship election.
Justice INYANG EKWO fixed the date today after counsel for the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments in the matter.
The plaintiff in the suit and a chieftain of the APC, MOSHOOD ADEOTI, had filed the matter through his legal team led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), CHIESONU OKPOKO.
ADEOTI was one of the aspirants who lost the APC governorship ticket to Governor OYETOLA in the party’s primary held on February 19.
According to him, the second defendant (Oyetola) ought to have resigned his membership of the APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary and Convention Planning Committee and leave office as an officer of APC at least 30 days prior to the date of the Osun State primary election, to qualify for participation in the said party primary election.
Meanwhile, Governor Oyetola is seeking to extend his tenure in office by another four years in the election scheduled for Saturday the 16th of this month.
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