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Oke, Akeredolu vs Mimiko: Appeal Court to deliver judgment on Monday

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, will on Monday, July 1, deliver its Judgment on the appeal filed by the Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN, Governorship candidate,Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, and the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, flagbearer, Olusola Oke against the judgment of the Governorship Election Tribunal.

The lower tribunal headed by Justice Andova Kaka’n upheld the election of Dr Olusegun Mimiko as the winner of the last year’s poll.

Counsel to ACN and Akeredolu, Titiloye Charles confirmed to DailyPost the receipt of Judgment notice from the Court of Appeal.

There had been tension in the state over the delay in notifying the contending parties on the judgement date in the last few hours.

The main issue to be determined by the Court of Appeal is the validity of 2012 voters register used for the conduct of the Election which allegedly had more than 100,000 names inputed by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, without complying with the provision of the Electoral Act on the procedure for updating voters registers.

INEC admitted that it added the names but the lower Election Tribunal ruled that it lacked Jurisdiction to entertain the matter on ground that it was a Pre-election matter.

Political analysts have said the decision of Court of Appeal would affect the conduct of future elections in Nigeria as it’s the first time an alleged compromised voters register will be seriously contested by Political parties before the Courts.

Both ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, are challenging the Election of Mimiko which they claimed should be nullified based on the use of 2012 voters register. The parties have alleged that it was improper for INEC to have injected some names before the election.