The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have disagreed over the admissibility of an Appeal Court judgment in the ongoing petition before the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The disagreement followed the APC and its candidate, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s, attempt to tender in evidence the judgment of the Appeal Court, Akure Division, at yesterday’s resumed sitting of the tribunal on in Akure.
The Appeal Court, Akure Division, delivered its judgment on January 28, which dismissed a pre-election appeal filed by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr. Agboola Ajayi.
The Appellants had challenged the judgment of the state High Court, which held that Aiyedatiwa and his running mate, Olayide Adelami, were qualified to contest the November 16, 2024, governorship election.
The PDP and Ajayi had held that Aiyedatiwa and Adelami were ineligible to contest the election on the grounds that the latter presented an alleged forged certificate.
The lead counsel to APC at the tribunal, Mr Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), argued that the petitioners, PDP and Ajayi, had caused a constitutional impediment by filing the issue of disqualification in its grounds in the petition when an Appeal Court decision had struck it out.