Fayemi’s spokesman describes Kolapo Olusola's petition as baseless

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September 1, 2018 5:27 PM

Olusola filed a petition before the Election Tribunal in Ado Ekiti to protest Fayemi's declaration as winner of the guber election.

Oluwole Olujobi, the spokesman to Ekiti state Governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi has described the petition by Kolapo Olusola as baseless.

Fayemi defeated Olusola, who contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded Ekiti state governorship election.

The PDP candidate rejected the results and filed a 700-page petition before the Election Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti.

According to The Cable, Olujobi said “Look at the basis of their arguments, in the process of inspecting the ballot papers used by our lawyers, it was discovered that it was votes meant for Dr. Kayode Fayemi that were voided.”

Fayemi’s 35 lawyers

Speaking on why Fayemi hired 35 lawyers to defend him in court, his spokesman said “There is nothing bad in hiring 35 lawyers, if you are prepared for a case, go and make sure you have quality representation, that’s exactly what Dr. Kayode Fayemi did.

“We know the blackmail will follow this petition and this is what they have started. What is their business if we hire eight SANs? Did we sue ourselves? They sued us and we responded by hiring quality lawyers. If they are so sure of their case, why are they scared about us hiring eight SANS and other lawyers? Let them go and hire 50 SANs, we are fully ready for them.

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“Are these SANs not even Nigerian lawyers? If they are Nigerian lawyers and the constitution says Nigerian lawyers must be in court to defend, why would we shy away from hiring anybody that is recognised in law as a lawyer to defend us.”

The Ekiti state PDP spokesman, Jackson Adebayo had earlier alleged that Fayemi hired many lawyers because he did not win the governorship election, The Cable reports.

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