The Social Democratic Party has asked a Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State to nullify the emergence of Segun Oni as the party’s governorship candidate.
The suit against the candidacy of Oni, marked: FHC/C/31/2022, filed on Wednesday, has the SDP as the first plaintiff.
Ishola Agboola, Tunde Alabi and Kehinde Rufus are the second, third and fourth plaintiffs respectively.
According to the plaintiffs, Oni did not participate in any valid primary.
They averred that Oni was nominated by Shehu Gabam and Olu Agunloye, who they claim were not legally and constitutionally-recognised as the National Chairman and National Secretary of the party respectively.
The SDP is seeking an order of the court restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising Oni as the candidate of the party in the governorship election slated for Saturday.
The party is also seeking a declaration that the primary of the party organised under the supervision of Gabam and Agunloye, which “never held formally”, is wrongful, illegal, null and void and couldn’t have produced a validly-nominated governorship candidate for the Ekiti State poll.
Furthermore, they are seeking an order of injunction restraining Gabam and Agunloye from further parading themselves and/or holding themselves out as the National Chairman and National Secretary or as officers of the SDP.