Oyo State: Ajimobi Defeats Ladoja At Tribunal

Former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja yesterday lost his
petition against the election of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, ending six months of
legal tussle.

The governorship election petitions tribunal, sitting in
Ibadan, the state capital, held that Ladoja and his party, Accord, “failed
woefully” to prove their case.

In a unanimous judgment, tribunal Chairman, Justice Mohammed
Mayaki said Ladoja and Accord did not prove their allegations of rigging,
electoral malpractices, violence and non-compliance with the Electoral Act,
among others.

The tribunal resolved all the issues for determination in
Ajimobi’s favour during the delivery of the four-and a half-hour judgment.

Ladoja had urged the tribunal before now to, among others,
declare him winner of the election because he polled the highest number of
votes.