Withdraw your appeal at the supreme Court against Abiodun, Olu Ilaro orders Akinlade
Olu of Ilaro and paramount ruler of Yewa land, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle today ordered the gubernatorial candidate of Allied People’s Movement APM, Hon Adekunle Akinlade to withdraw his appeal case from Supreme Court against Governor Dapo Abiodun’s election.
The traditional rulers said this on Saturday while addressing personalities and people of Yewaland present at the 2019 Ilaro Oronna festival
The event is proudly sponsored by Dangote group and MTN Nigeria.
Ọba Olugbenle urged Akinlade on behalf of other traditional rulers in Yewaland to withdraw the case for his Political future.
He said ‘I am very proud of Akinlade as Yewa son and dogged fighter, he further said since he had lost in Court of Appeals Ibadan, he didn’t need to go further to Supreme Court.
Among those who honoured this year festival included the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Noimot Salako Oyedele, Chief of Staff to Governor Abiodun, Alhaji Shuaib Salisu Omoyayi, Former Deputy Governor, Alhaja Salimot Badru, Chief Adigun Socopau, Chief Reuben Abati, Special Adviser on Government House, Hon Suraju Adekunbi, Hon Ifekayode Akinbode, Chief M.A Ajibola, and many others.
The chairman of the occasion, Senator Olamilekan Adeola popularly known as Yayi attended the occasion with 13 Federal lawmakers, included Senator Ayo Akinyelure, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo, and 9 others.
Senator Adeola Olamilekan donated the sum of N50,000,000 on behalf of his colleagues he invited for the occasion.
Chief Ebenezer Obey was on stage to entertain people.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, had on Monday, November 11, 2019, dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade against the victory of the governor of the state and candidate of the APC, Dapo Abiodun in the last governorship election in the state.
In a unanimous decision, the Appeal court justices said the appeal “lacks merit and it is therefore struck out.” In the lead judgment, Justice Muhammed Ambi-Usi Danjuma declared that the 10 grounds filed by the Akinlade and his party challenging the victory of Abiodun have no merits and that the two appellants were overruled because of lack of merit. The judgement read inter alia “The respective objections raised by the two respondents are overruled and the emotions have no remit, answers to them are sustained and the two motions are dismissed.”
The three-man state governorship election petitions tribunal, led by Justice Yusuf Halilu, while dismissing the petition and upholding Abiodun’s election, described Akinlade’s petition, challenging Abiodun’s victory, as “lazy and destined to fail”.
