HON. AKINREMI OLAIDE JAGABAN FLOORS DEMOLA OMOTOSO AT TRIBUNAL.

HON. AKINREMI OLAIDE JAGABAN FLOORS DEMOLA OMOTOSO AT TRIBUNAL.

The Member Representing Ibadan North Federal Constituency Federal Constituency at the House of  Representatives, Hon. (Prince) Akinremi Musiliu Olaide , has been affirmed of his victory by the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ijaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Akinremi was earlier declared the winner of the 2019 election in the last general elections under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress (APC).

His seat, the tribunal ruled on Saturday 7th September 2019, is to be taken over by his opponent and petitioner, Mr Demola Omotosho of the Peoples democratic Party (Pdp) .

Demola Omotosho had urged the tribunal to declare him as the rightful winner of the 23rd February 2019 National Assembly Election in the constituency, arguing that the exercise was marred by electoral irregularities.

The Pdp candidate had told the tribunal to cancel the election or, in the alternative, declare him the winner having polled the highest number of valid votes cast during the election.

Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Akpovi, while delivering the judgement on Saturday, after listening to the issues raised, strucked out the petition as it lacks substantial merit and affirmed Hon. AKINREMI as the rightful winner of the election. Hence, he fined the petitioner to pay the sum of #150,000 to the respondent Hon. AKINREMI MUSILIU OLAIDE as negligence.