Ondo ballot: A’Court docket sacks Obi LP gov candidate, Ebiseni

The Court docket of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Wednesday, sacked Olusola Ebiseni because the Labour Party candidate for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for November 16, 2024.

The three-member panel of justices, in a unanimous resolution in a lead judgment by Justice Hamma Barka however delivered by Justice Adebukola Banjoko, held that “the attraction marked CA /ABJ/CV/1172/2024 introduced by the Labour Party in opposition to Chief Olusola Ebiseni and two others is allowed.”

Justice Banjoko additional added that the Licensed True Copy of the judgment can be made accessible to the events within the attraction as quickly as potential to undergo.

Justice Abba Mohammed, in his contributory judgment, agreed with the choice of his brother justices.

Ebiseni belongs to the faction of the previous presidential candidate of the celebration, Peter Obi and the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti.

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja, in a judgment, had ordered the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee to just accept and recognise Ebiseni and Awude because the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the LP for the November 16 governorship ballot in Ondo State.

He affirmed that the second major election held by the Labour Party, which produced Ebiseni and Awude because the governorship and deputy governorship candidates was legitimate and should be upheld by INEC.

Justice Nwite, in his judgment within the go well with instituted by Ebiseni and Awude, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1105/2024, held that there was proof that Ebiseni paid the sum of N20m for the nomination kind and was duly issued a kind that led to the conduct of the second major election.

He additionally maintained that there was proof that LP ordered Ebiseni to pay the sum of N5m to at least one Festus Olorunfemi as bills upon his withdrawal from the governorship race.

Justice Nwite, subsequently, ordered INEC to just accept the nomination of Ebiseni and Awude and publish their names as lawful candidates of the LP for the governorship election.

On Wednesday, the trial courtroom judgment was nonetheless overturned by the appellate courtroom.

Reacting, the working mate to the governorship candidate of the celebration in Ondo State, Mr Dayo Awude, stated the celebration was but to get the CTC of the attraction courtroom judgment which sacked Ebiseni.

Awude stated there have been two instances earlier than the appellate courtroom, one was dismissed by the courtroom whereas the opposite was admitted, however because the CTC was but to be launched, the celebration didn’t know what to react on but.

He merely stated, “The Court docket of Appeal sat as we speak (Wednesday). It dismissed one attraction and stated the opposite attraction was allowed. However now we have not seen the CTC to know the small print.”

The LP deputy governorship candidate additionally stated the celebration had not issued any assertion on the matter.