The New Nigeria Peoples Get together (NNPP) has introduced that it has appealed the ruling of the Ogun State governorship and Home of Meeting Election Petition Tribunal.
The celebration stated it was not happy with the tribunal’s verdict on its gubernatorial election petition.
DAILY POST remembers that NNPP had earlier taken its petition to the gubernatorial election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital.
NNPP’s petition was primarily based on the omission of the celebration’s identify on the poll papers used through the election held throughout the state on Saturday, 18th March 2023.
The tribunal had, on April 15, 2023, dismissed the petition in opposition to Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) as the primary respondent, Abiodun Adedapo Olusegun because the second respondent and the All Progressives Congress (APC) because the third respondent on the bottom that the debrief counsel requested for discontinuation and withdrawal of the petition.
The celebration has, nonetheless, stated that it isn’t happy with the choice of the tribunal.
The celebration famous that it’s interesting the ruling as a result of the judges that heard the case erred of their judgement.
NNPP stated that it has filed an attraction to problem the decision of the tribunal.
NNPP counsel, I. D. Izunya, in a press release made obtainable to journalists on Friday, knowledgeable that the celebration had filed an attraction on Might 22, 2023, on swimsuit No EPT/OG/GOV/01/2023, on the Court docket of Enchantment sitting within the Ibadan Judicial Division.
He added that the celebration was not dissatisfied with the unanimous judgement by the three judges on the election petition tribunal.
In accordance with him: “The discovered justices erred in legislation once they unanimously held that by Article 27.18 (iii), (v) and (vii) of the Structure of New Nigeria Peoples Get together (Hereinafter referred to as NNPP) the Nationwide Authorized Adviser of NNPP can’t take over the appellant case, temporary one other counsel and debrief the counsel on document, Mr Peter I. Ogah, from additional representing the celebration.
“That by Article 27.18 (iii), (v) and (vi) of the structure of NNPP the Nationwide Authorized Adviser of the Get together is empowered to take care of all litigations and authorized defence on behalf of the celebration in any respect ranges, together with its organs and coordinate the actions of Authorized Advisers in any respect ranges on authorized issues affecting the celebration.”
