{"id":278984,"date":"2023-07-11T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=278984"},"modified":"2023-07-11T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T07:48:50","slug":"election-petition-sanwo-olu-opens-closes-defence-against-rhodes-vivour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/11\/election-petition-sanwo-olu-opens-closes-defence-against-rhodes-vivour\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Petition: Sanwo-Olu Opens, Closes Defence Against Rhodes-Vivour"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>APC is joined in the petition as a respondent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Oaths were taken at the Ikeja High Court Registry<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>On Monday, the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate for governor, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, filed an election petition against Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.<\/p>\n<p>The victories of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat in the March 18 governorship election are being contested by the LP and Rhodes-Vivour.<\/p>\n<p>They are also contesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/04\/tribunal-rhodes-vivour-closes-case-against-sanwo-olu-hamzat\/\">Hamzat&#8217;s<\/a> eligibility to run for office.<\/p>\n<p>They asserted that he swore allegiance to the United States and renounced his Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The petition names the All Progressives Congress, or APC, as a respondent.<\/p>\n<p>A defence witness and the APC Chairman for Lagos State, Fuad Ade-Oki, testified before the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>He tendered before the tribunal some documents, including Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Form EC9 containing Hamzat\u2019s full personal information and the oath he signed on his nomination form.<\/p>\n<p>The forms include \u201cSummary of Result from Registration Areas, \u201cSummary of Results from Local Government Areas,\u201d and\u201d Declaration of Result\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Led in evidence by APC\u2019s lead counsel, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), Ade-Oki told the tribunal that he witnessed when Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat were filling the INEC Form EC9 containing their personal information as well as oaths they took on their nomination forms.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the oaths were taken at the Ikeja High Court Registry.<\/p>\n<p>He also testified that Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat paid the prescribed fee for the nomination forms and signed their oaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two documents with no 003960120 and 00408841 contained the same facts and reflected the same receipt number,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The witness, after that, tendered in evidence through APC\u2019s counsel the oath declaration page of Form EC9 and the receipts.<\/p>\n<p>However, LP counsel, Mr Idowu Benson, objected to their admissibility.<\/p>\n<p>Benson said he would reserve his reasons until his final address to the tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal led by Justice Arum Ashom admitted the documents provisionally pending when it would hear objections.<\/p>\n<p>After Ade-Oki\u2019s testimony, the tribunal discharged him.<\/p>\n<p>Banire then announced that Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat would be closing their case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APC is joined in the petition as a respondent Oaths were taken at the Ikeja High Court Registry On Monday, the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate for governor, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, filed an election petition against Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat. 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