The five-member appeal panel set up by Governor Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Committee for the state congress in Ekiti State, has said that no petition was received in respect of the intra-party election in the state.
The former Oyo State Deputy Governor and panel’s chairman, Chief Iyiola Oladokun, who addressed journalists in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, disclosed that no petition was filed by the aggrieved members including the South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA)
SWAGA had last week inaugurated a factional body which came a few days after the October 16 congress on the strength that the congress was alleged to have been fraught with irregularities.
Oladokun said the group didn’t submit any petition before it, querying the conduct of the state congress, where Paul Omotoso and 35 other executives emerged.
He said: “We arrived Ekiti on Sunday and we made our presence known immediately to all members and to whoever that was aggrieved as a result of the State Congress of October 16.
“We commenced operation at the party Secretariat on Monday at 2 pm, we didn’t see anybody to present any petition before us.
“Before we left Abuja, no petition or document of complaints was given to us. We were even here at the secretariat on Tuesday trying to give whoever was not aware of our arrival on Monday the benefit of the doubt, but we received none.
“We leant all the officials emerged through consensus at the State Congress. Despite that, there was still voice affirmation in electing the 36-member executives. Based on this, we are preparing our report to be submitted at the national headquarters of our party.
“No group by the name SWAGA submitted any petition before us. No petition from any group or individuals was received in the course of our staying here.”
Oladokun charged members of the executive to unify the party and work hard to win the coming local government election slated for December 4, 2021, and the 2022 governorship poll in the state.
In his response, the Chairman of SWAGA in Ekiti, Senator Tony Adeniyi, said they decided not to file any petition because the body was in court challenging the delegate list used and the outcome of the ward and local government congresses.
“It will be an exercise in futility to be participating in a congress that we are contesting the delegate list used for its conduct. The matter is before the Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti and the matter will come up on Thursday for hearing. We are awaiting the outcome of the court on the issue,” he said.
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