by Kolapo Olapoju
Perhaps it is Nigerian- for one to lose an election then head to court after court till all options are exhausted.
Iyiola Omisore, governorship candidate of in the August 9, 2014 governorship election of Osun State, has simply refused to accept that he was defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gov Rauf Aregbesola.
He’s been told his case lacks merit by the Election Petition Tribunal and now the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has upheld the decision of the lower tribunal, by dismissing his appeal.
The Justice Gana Mshelia-led Appeal Court, dismissed Omisore’s appeal for incompetence, stressing that the grounds of the appeal did not arise from the judgment of the tribunal.
However, Omisore appears unwilling to move on as he’s said that he would not let the alleged manipulation of the August 9, 2014 governorship election go without a serious fight.
Speaking through his media aide, Mr. Victor Oriola, he said: “We will go through the whole gamut of the legal process. We believe we have a good case and we will pursue it to the end. All the areas overlooked at the tribunal and the Appeal Court will be visited by the Supreme Court.”
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