Prof. Olusola Kolapo and Kayode Fayemi
A petitioner’s witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti State governorship
election tribunal, that votes for the Peoples Democratic Party were
deliberately voided by staff of INEC during the July 14 governorship
election.
The witness, Omobuljo Bankole, specifically said that the PDP votes
were voided in Unit 009, Ward 4 of Ido -Osi Local Government Area.
Bankole stated this while testifying before the tribunal, headed by
Justice Suleiman Belgore, sitting at the FCT High Court, Apo.
The petitioners, PDP, and its candidate in the Ekiti July 14
governorship election, Prof. Olusola Kolapo had approached the tribunal
to challenge the outcome of the election.
The respondents in the suit are the Independent National Electoral
Commission, All Progressives Congress and Governor Kayode Fayemi.
Answering a question during cross-examination by Abiodun Owonikoko
(SAN), counsel to APC, Bankole stated that his party scored more than
119 votes during the election in his unit.
According to the witness, “I was there when they deliberately
voided the PDP’s voters in Unit 9 (Ward 4, Ido -Osi LGA), the male
polling clerk of INEC voided 27 votes, ” he said.
(NAN)