Labour Party Official Shows How Governor Sanwo-Olu, His Wife Voted in 2023 Poll: Election Tribunal

June 28, 2023 admin Political News 0

Labour Party Official Shows How Governor Sanwo-Olu, His Wife Voted in 2023 Poll: Election Tribunal

A witness has revealed to the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal how the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Ibijoke, voted in the last election.According to The Vanguard reports, the tribunal, headed by Justice Arum Ashom, was informed that Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Ibijoke, were allowed to cast their votes, despite their voter’s cards being invalid.

CLICK TO APPLY FOR DANGOTE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM

CONTINUE READING>>>

APPLY FOR TINUBU 1M GRANT

HOW TO MAKE 100K DAILY

This testimony was given on Monday, June 26, by an agent of the Labour Party (LP), Dayo Isreal, who was subpoenaed to testify in the petition filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, LP’s candidate, in the Saturday, March 18 election, seeking to nullify the return of Governor Sanwo-Olu and his deputy.

While being led in evidence by the Rhodes-Vivour’s lead counsel, Olumide Ayeni (SAN), the witness told the court that he served as an agent for the LP for Unit 006, Ward 15, Lagos Island Local Government in the Governorship Election, Channels TV report added.

“I observed that the card reader showed their cards to be invalid but Sanwo-Olu and his wife were allowed to cast their votes and this is against INEC’s electoral process,” Israel said before the tribunal.

The LP witness also claimed he was beaten up that day by some All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters. He said knew they were APC supporters from the way they spoke.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, have urged the state’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss Rhodes Vivour’s petition for being incompetent.

Other respondents to the petition, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), also made similar applications asking the Tribunal to strike out and dismiss the petition.

They all argued in their separate applications that Rhodes-Vivour’s petition is incompetent, fundamentally defective and vesting no jurisdiction on the tribunal to adjudicate on it.