There was tension in Ekiti as reports came in that certain court orders have barred two leading governorship candidates from participating in the Saturday poll.
The social media is awashecd with a suit allegedly filed by some members of the opposition urging a Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti to nullify the emergence of Chief Segun Oni as the SDP governorship candidate while another said the primaries which produced the APC candidate, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) fell short of the requirements of the new Electoral Laws .
The SDP said the suit was predicated on the fact that Oni did not participate in any valid primary as he was nominated by Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam and Dr. Olu Agunloye who were not legally and constitutionally recognized as the National Chairman and the National Secretary respectively.
Before this, a report had surfaced claiming that an Abuja court had nullified the primaries which produced Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO) over alleged non-compliance with the provisions of the electoral laws.
But the All Progressives Congress, APC ,in a swift reaction had debunked the claim.
A release signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, APC asked all and sundry to disregard the rumour and discountenance it as the forlorn wish of some desperate politicians in the state, which cannot come to pass.
According to Dipe, the warped rumour is a demarketing gimmick of some desperate opposition who are unmindful of the fact that they are causing further damage to their zero chances at the poll, instead of enhancing it. Dipe wondered how on earth they would expect the electorate to believe such lie, which they are throwing into the space just two days after the mother of all rallies successfully put together by the ruling party in the state.
“While we do not expect anyone to take such mindless and baseless rumour serious, we however owe the public the duty of care and assurance that they should disregard the rumour, which is farthest from the truth.”
