By Adeleye Kunle
Kunle Adegoke, counsel to Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola, has revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in last Saturday’s election, Ademola Adeleke, may hire 50 lawyers to challenge the PDP candidate’s victory, TrackNews reports.
This comes after the PDP and the governor-elect warned the Independent National Electoral Commission not to be swayed by the APC to tamper with the election results.
Kunle Adegoke told TrackNews that the governor’s team was still reviewing the election documents in preparation for taking serious legal action against Adeleke.
Adegoke stated that only two members of the legal team have been revealed, despite the fact that many lawyers are interested in joining the team and that the governor would assemble a team of fifty or more members to challenge Adeleke’s victory.
“We are still reviewing documents, and the legal team is working,” he said. Because there will be so many documents in this election, it is critical that we examine them critically before making a decision, which is exactly what we are doing right now.
“The team is led by Dr Biodun Layonu (SAN). The legal team is not yet complete because many more people will be added.
“In the meantime, we can reveal two members of the legal team: Dr. Biodum Layonu and Kunle Adegoke.” Others who may arrive are people we do not know, but we will notify the press as soon as we are ready to move.
“The membership cannot be determined because there are so many lawyers interested in joining the team.” You are aware that an election petition is a unique situation. As a result, we welcome as many lawyers as are interested. We could run into 50 or more people.”
In response to the governor’s plans to file an election petition with the election petition tribunal, the media adviser to the Osun State APC chairman, Kola Olabisi, stated that the party will support Oyetola’s stance on the matter.
“I have not read what you said the governor said,” he said, “but the party’s posture cannot be different from what the governor said.”
