The candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State, chief Segun Oni, has submitted his petition against the outcome of the election at the Election Petitions Tribunal in Ado the Ekiti state capital.
The former governor was accompanied to the secretariat of the Election Petitions Tribunal Thursday evening by his legal team and SDP state Chairman and chieftains to submit the over 1,000-page petition.
The ifaki Ekiti born politician said that the move is to defend the sanctity of the system.
The leader of his legal team said the petition will challenge the eligibility of the Governor-elect, Mr Oyebanji to contest the election and question the actual victory attributed to him in the poll
Recall that the All Progressives Congress APC candidate, Mr Oyebanji secured 187,057 votes to defeat his closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who polled 82,211, and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 67, 457 votes.
Although there were claims of irregularities manipulations during the polls.
