Jegede spoke while voting at his Unit 9, Ward 2, Gbogi/Isikan, Sacred Heart Primary School 1 in Akure South Local Government Area
Browsing: Olusola Oke
The supporters were arrested with dangerous weapons such as pump action guns, machetes and a camera
Reacting to Oke’s claim in a statement signed by the late Adefarati’s son, Gboyega Adefarati, the scions of the two political giants cautioned Oke against dropping the names of their patriarchs, stressing that the AD’s governorship candidate and their fathers had nothing in common in political orientation and moral principle
It will be recalled that Tinubu, a National Leader of the APC and former Governor of Lagos State, supported Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu in the 2012 governorship election in the state
Other defendants in the suit are Chief Joseph Avaci, the National Chairman of AD; Akin Fashogbon, AD National Secretary; and the Independent National Electoral Commission
Aworele said: “Although, there is a pending suit before a Federal High Court in Akure, which I do not want to pre-empt, but as the national legal adviser of AD, I will challenge Oke’s eligibility to contest on the platform of our party in court anytime from now
He had along with Ajayi Boroffice and Segun Abraham petitioned the Electoral Appeal Committee of the APC to challenge the September 3 primary of the party won by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu
‘Let it be known that we are not deterred by the action of the National Working Committee and the undemocratic behaviour of the National Chairman, we are encouraged by the genuine desire of the people of Ondo State for a change that will free them from the economic captivity of the present administration in Ondo State’
Mimiko defeated both Oke and Akeredolu in their wards and won in his