Election Tribunal Dismisses PDP's Request To Recount The Ekiti State July 14 Governorship Ballot

An election court rejected Ekiti leaders in Abuja for a request from the  People's Democratic Party (PDP) to turn the ballots used on July 14.



The People Democratic Party and its candidate, Ulusola Kolabu, contest the outcome of the elections in court. Participants in the poll are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Kayode Fayemi, the winner of the elections.



President of the Court of the three members, Judge Bulaji Belgor, declared that the request lacks merit. Belgor said Ekiti had 177 departments with 2,197 districts in 16 municipalities, but the signatories complained of 325 voting units in their application to the court. The President said that the People's Democratic Party and its candidate did not complain about all 2197 state departments.



"The demand of all departments and voting units throughout the state to make the attackers incomprehensible," Belgur said. According to him, the listing processes write the parties' declarations in a procedure that clearly refers to the material, including the documents on which the proceedings are based.



The Court could not but be aware of the place of its claim by adding it and adding what the petitioners wanted, and that could not be in their opposition to the Court. The President also stated that the evidence obtained from the recount had no basis for the trial. He added that what the signatories intend to do is surprise the respondents who were unable to respond when the deadline for submission of the application was closed.



He said the court had agreed that Vaimi, the president of Akin Oluyemi (SAN), said the petitioners were available for evidence that they would count the votes. With the assistance of two representatives of the parties concerned, the clerk of the Court and the Director of Security, the Court considered the person concerned with his secretary as secretary providing evidence to the signatories. "The clerk of the court can not be involved in doing what the request wants," Judge Blagor said.



Then he announced, "We refuse to apply the benefit."



In a related development, the court rejected the INEC's request not to exclude the smart card reader used in the July 14 elections. The decision by INEC, Belgore, to be issued by INEC, Belgore, said that excluding the card reading inspector would be tantamount to revoking the court order, which was granted on 26 July.



However, the court issued a permanent order to inspect the card readers to be completed at the end of each case, which will begin on October 17. The President explained that the monitoring phase did not abolish the exemption regime granted on 26 July. After that, the court suspended the appeal hearing until October 17.