The All Progressives Congress has filed a petition challenging the results of the June 21 governorship election won by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Mr. Ayo Fayose.
It was learnt that the Chairman of the Ekiti APC, Chief Jide Awe, submitted the petition on Saturday before the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti.
The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Fayose as the winner of the election ahead of the incumbent governor and the APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
The PDP candidate defeated Fayemi to a distant second position with 203,090 votes to 120,433.
But the APC alleged that the election was manipulated by the Federal Government in favour of the PDP.
The petitioner asked the tribunal to “unravel the hidden facts surrounding the election,” saying the poll was more of “a mechanical exercise than the conventional casting of votes.”
The party, which also challenged the qualification of Fayose for the election, stated that the governor-elect had an ongoing criminal case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
It cited manipulation and undue militarisation of the election, as well as impeachment of the incoming governor as grounds for the petition.
