Appeal Court Ruling: Ogun PDP hails Judiciary, slams APC, Abiodun

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State is pleased with the ruling handed down by the Appeal Court in Abuja on Wednesday, 16 August 2023.

The ruling reversed a decision made by Justice H. N. Kanuza of the Ogun State Governorship Tribunal on Monday, and the PDP and its candidate for governor, Hon. (Dr.) Oladipupo Adebutu, filed an appeal.

𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮.

You may recall that in the tribunal, Chief Gordy Uche, SAN, counsel for our side, argued that the Petitioners did not raise any new issue in their reply but rather responded to a new issue raised by the 2nd respondent (Dapo Abiodun) in his reply that was not part of the issues raised in the petition. The Tribunal sided with Mr. Dapo Abiodun, the second respondent, after hearing arguments from his attorney, Prof. Taiwo Osipitan, SAN, and struck out the second respondent’s reply to the petition.

We are, however, relieved that the Appeal Court’s ruling today, written by Justice M. B. Idris and read by Justice Aliyu Waziri, appropriately upheld our long-held position on Abiodun and the APC’s desperation on his reckless act of vote buying and unprecedented voters inducements.

In addition to our gratitude and admiration for the Appellate Court, we would want to make an impassioned plea to the departing Governor of the State and, of course, his cabal of liars in the APC, which has been concerned with dishonest attempts to twist the truth in the verdict. It should be noted that the APC, through its errand speakers and lazy media urchins, has continued its voyage of deliberate lying on social media platforms in an effort to appease its members’ unrestrained dreams and defeated imaginations.

The APC’s chief publicist, Tunde Oladunjoye, released a terrible watery statement today, and a thorough study of it reveals the extent to which Oladunjoye is unaware of our petition, our responses to his principals’ response, and the full proceedings in the tribunal.

We have no interest in engaging in verbal sparring with Oladunjoye or the APC. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚; 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙧. 𝘼𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙋𝘾 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙.

We also ask that the general public understand that Mr. Oladunjoye must keep spreading false hope amongst his Party’s supporters, which is why he is lying about the significance of the ruling.

Therefore, we recommend that he always consult with their Counsels to ensure accurate information before releasing any statements to the public.The people of Ogun State are a savvy lot who won’t be fooled by pleas for public support.The more they try to hide their nakedness with rags, the more they expose themselves, so we must likewise remind him of this. Just how many untruths can you tell? A good lie requires a sharp recall.

𝗔𝘀𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗷𝘂 𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝙋𝘿𝙋, 𝙊𝙜𝙪𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚