The Osun State governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the High court of Justice, Osogbo has granted a motion exparte brought before it by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking an order for substituted service on the winner of the July 16th election and the candidate of the PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke.
Counsel to Governor Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Yomi Aliyu (SAN) pointed out that Adeleke had been evading service of the petition by a bailiff.
According to the petitioners’ lawyer, the PDP candidate refused to collect the document from the bailiff when he got to his house to serve him
“The bailiff was kept at the gate to wait for instruction to drop the message but the security guard later ordered the bailiff to leave as there was no instruction to collect the document and he has to leave the scene for his safety”, he added.
Similarly, Mr Aliyu (SAN) also sought an order of the Tribunal to enable the plaintiffs to access the election materials, including electronic scanning of ballot papers and Voters registers used during the election among others.
While ruling on the applications, the tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Tertsea Aorga Kume granted the application for substituted service, allowing the bailiff to paste a copy of the document on the tribunal notice board for the 2nd respondent’s attention.
Recall that Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had challenged the outcome of the July 16 governorship election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Adeleke as the winner.
Adenitan Akinola
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