Tag: Ekiti Election Tribunal

  • Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Fayemi’s election

    Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Fayemi’s election

    The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi. Affirming Fayemi’s election, the five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad unanimously held that the…

  • Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal Fixes Judgement For Tomorrow

    Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal Fixes Judgement For Tomorrow

    The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will on Monday deliver judgment in the petition by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and one other. The PDP and its candidate in the last governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola are, by their petition, challenging the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

  • Tribunal: Fayemi Panicking For Hiring 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory –Group

    Tribunal: Fayemi Panicking For Hiring 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory –Group

    The newly formed sociopolitical group in Ekiti State, Bring Back Our Mandate,(BBOM) has reacted to the news of APC latest response to the petition filed by Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi in the just concluded July 14, 2018, governorship election at the Ekiti State…

  • Tribunal: Fayemi hires 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory Over Eleka’s Petition

    Tribunal: Fayemi hires 35 Lawyers To Defend Victory Over Eleka’s Petition

    The Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has filed his defence to the petition by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and outgoing Deputy Governor of Ekiti State in the July governorship election in Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka. In the 2,558-page defence with over 3,000 documents attached as exhibits, Fayemi…

  • Ekiti PDP Guber Candidate Files Petition Against Fayemi’s Victory

    Ekiti PDP Guber Candidate Files Petition Against Fayemi’s Victory

    The deputy governor of Ekiti State and the candidate of the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Prof Kolapo Eleka, has successfully filed a petition against the victory of the governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) today at the Election…