2019 elections: Tribunal receives 17 petitions against INEC in Oyo
Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, made this disclosure during the presentation of certificates of return to the Governor-elect, Engineer Seyi Makinde, deputy Governor-elect, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan and 32 members-elect in the state House of Assembly.
At the presentation the certificates were the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Osun and Ekiti, Prince Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, security chiefs. Agboke, while speaking said that the 17 petitions filled against the commission, arised from the general elections in 2019.
“The breakdown is four, senatorial and 13 House of Representatives petitions. Filling and hearing of election petitions fall into post-election activities as aggrieved candidates are given the opportunity of presenting their grievances before the judiciary.
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