{"id":3474,"date":"2019-01-28T18:27:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2019-01-28T18:27:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T18:27:53","slug":"ekiti-election-apc-jubilates-pdp-threatens-as-tribunal-upholds-fayemis-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ekiti-election-apc-jubilates-pdp-threatens-as-tribunal-upholds-fayemis-victory","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti election: APC jubilates, PDP threatens as tribunal upholds Fayemi\u2019s victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State on Monday trooped to the streets of Ado Ekiti, the state capital, as the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja upheld the victory<\/p>\n<p>The broom-wielding party members danced from Odo Ado area to the government house and ended their procession at the party\u2019s secretariat in Ajilosun area of the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribunal, in its judgement delivered by Justice Suleiman Belgore, said Fayemi was validly elected in the July 14, 2018 Governorship election, contrary to the position canvassed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Prof Kolapo Olusola.<\/p>\n<p>of Governor Kayode Fayemi.<\/p>\n<p>Fayemi polled a total of 197,459 to defeat Olusola , who scored total votes of 178, 022 to emerge a runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribunal began sitting in Ekiti last year August before it relocated to Abuja citing cases of insecurity in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The APC members, who started their jubilation from Odo Ado, a section of Ado Ekiti metropolis were led by a House of Representatives candidate in Ekiti Central federal constituency I, Hon Sola Fatoba and Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Mobilisation, Hon Tunji Ogunlola.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-6\" data-google-query-id=\"CLjCwIj6kOACFYiwewodi64E9Q\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CLbCwIj6kOACFYiwewodi64E9Q\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State on Monday trooped to the streets of Ado Ekiti, the state capital, as the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja upheld the victory The broom-wielding party members danced from Odo Ado area to the government house and ended their procession at the party\u2019s secretariat in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,173,65],"class_list":["post-3474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-parties","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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