APP sues APC candidate, Oyebamiji over alleged credential discrepancies

The Action Peoples Party, APP, has taken ineligible enactment against the governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, implicit alleged discrepancies successful documents submitted for the forthcoming election.

The case, filed astatine the Federal High Court successful Osogbo, listed the Independent National Electoral Commission and the APC arsenic defendants, alongside Oyebamiji.

Court filings submitted by the APP done its representative, Abdulateef R., asked the tribunal to analyse whether the documents provided by Oyebamiji met law requirements for information successful the governorship poll.

According to the originating summons dated March 16, the plaintiff urged the tribunal to find if the candidate’s information aligns with provisions of Section 182(1)(j) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria arsenic amended.

The APP requested the tribunal to nullify the work of Oyebamiji’s sanction arsenic the APC campaigner for the predetermination scheduled for August 15, 2026.

The enactment besides sought a perpetual injunction restraining INEC from recognising oregon dealing with Oyebamiji arsenic a campaigner successful the predetermination process.

The suit besides asked the tribunal to compel INEC to region the APC candidate’s sanction from the authoritative database of contestants already released for the poll.

Reacting to the development, the APC successful Osun rejected the claims, describing the suit arsenic baseless ...