A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Mr Timi Olopele, has dragged the state Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, to the state High Court, seeking his disqualification from the July
22 primary.In the suit number, AK/45M/2020, Olopele prayed the court to stop Ajayi from participating in the primary election of the party, saying he breached the code of conduct for public office holders.
Olopele averred that the deputy governor had consistently acted in “breach of Section 1, 5th Schedule, Part 1 of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers and Section 9 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.” He said “That is the least minimum required qualification by the constitution, but oftentimes people who have questionable qualification and which has been a source of litigation can avoid that because if there is any litigation, it is what is submitted that would be challenged and not what he claimed to have because that will be circumstantial in evidence.”
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