Governor Oyebanji's Wife Jubilates as Tribunal Upholds Husband's election

 

By Ayo Ajofoyinbo 

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji has expressed  joy as the Ekiti State Election Petition's Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti upheld  the election of the Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji and the Deputy Governor, Chief Monisade Afuye.

 The tribunal earlier today dismissed the case instituted by SDP and its candidate Mr Segun Oni against the June 18th election of Mr Biodun oyebanji as the Governor of the state.

According to the Governor's wife, the election of Mr Oyebanji was divine and has been attested by the Tribunal. 

"We are not in this race by accident, BAO is the Governor of Ekiti today by divine arrangement, it's not something we just stumbled upon; it was orchestrated by God.

"The same God who called him is at every stage of every battle to defend him. What God has done today builds my faith and increases my confidence in Him", she stressed.

Mrs Oyebanji further appreciated all the leaders and members of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ekiti people for their support for the Governor and prayed that God continue to move the state forward under Oyebanji.

The court in over two hours forty five minutes judgement resolved all the issues brought by the petitioner for determination against them and subsequently affirmed the election of incumbent Governor Biodun oyebanji.

Delivering the ruling, a member of the Tribunal Justice Zaad Zadawa held that the SDP and its candidate failed to present satisfactory evidences that the incumbent Governor and his Deputy were not eminently qualified to contest the June 18 poll.

The court further affirmed that it was purile for the petitioner to base thier case on the signing of a nomination form since it was the party at the state level that decided the candidate to represent it in an election.