Segun Oni, a governorship
aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, has filed a
suit at a federal high court in Abuja to challenge the emergence of Kayode
Fayemi, former minister of mines and steel, as the party’s flagbearer for the
July 14 governorship poll.
Fayemi, who polled a total of 941
votes at the primary which held on May 12, defeated Oni, his closest rival, by
a margin of over 460 votes.
But Oni has asked the court to
determine if it was proper for his opponent to contest the prmary without
resigning as a member of the federal cabinet.
In the court documents seen, Oni asked the court to determine if Fayemi’s action did not violate
the Nigerian constitution and the guidelines of the ruling party primary.
The suit was filed on his behalf
by Gani Faniyi, a lawyer.
“Whether by virtue of All
Progressives Congress constitution and particularly Articles 2 and 5 of All
Progressive Congress 2014 Guidelines for the nomination of candidates for
public office as applicable to the A.P.C Governorship primaries conducted on
the 12th May, 2018, the 1st Defendant being a serving member of the Federal
Executive and Federal Minister of Solid Minerals, Mines and Steel Development
having not resigned his appointment as a member of Federal Executive and
Minister of Solid Mineral, Mines and Steel Development, at all or at least 30
days to the said primaries election of 12th May, 2018 was qualified to contest
and participate in the said All Progressive Congress Governorship primaries of
12th May, 2018 as an aspirant in that election,” the document read.
“Whether by virtue of All
Progressive Congress Constitution and particularly Articles 2 and 5 of All
Progressive Congress 2014 Guidelines for the nomination of candidates for
public office as applicable to the A.P.C Governorship primaries conducted on the
12th May, 2018, at Damilek Event Centre, Ado-Ekiti for the purpose of
determining or nominating the 2nd Defendant candidate for the 12th July Ekiti
State Governorship election, the 1st Defendant having being indicted by Rtd.
Hon. Justice Oyewole Judicial Panel of Enquiry was qualified to contest and
participate in the said All Progressives Congress Governorship primary of 12th
May, 2018 as an aspirant in that election.”
Among the reliefs Oni is seeking
are: “A declaration that the claimant (Oni) having scored 481 votes which is
the majority of lawful and valid votes at the 2nd Defendant (APC) the 12th May,
2018 A.P.C Governorship primaries election for the purpose of determining the
2nd Defendant’s candidate for the 14th July 2018 election for the office of
Governor Ekiti State is the person that was validly nominated by the 2nd
Defendant for the 14th July, 2018 election for the office of Governor, Ekiti
state.”
Fayemi resigned on May 30 and
later appointed Opeyemi Bamidele, a governorship aspirant of the APC, as the
director-general of his campaign.
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