Ibadan North: Makinde Lines Up SAN, 13 Others To Defend PDP At Tribunal
Ibadan North Tribunal: Governor Makinde Recruits SAN, 13 Others to Defend PDP
Oyo Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has employed the services of some lawyers, led by Tunji Ogunrinde, SAN, to defend the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the candidate of the party in the August 16, 2025, House of Representatives by-election in Ibadan North federal constituency at the election petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) had filed a petition before the tribunal challenging the emergence of the PDP candidate, Hon. Sunday Oyekunle Folajimi, as the winner of the election.
In the petition with the suit number: EPT/OY/HR/01/2025, the SDP prays that the election and return of Hon.
Folajimi, as a member representing Ibadan North federal constituency, is vitiated by non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and further prayed the tribunal to cancel the by-election and conduct a fresh or supplementary election in the affected polling units of the federal constituency.
On his part, Ogunrinde SAN, in his reply to the petition, also filed a notice of preliminary objection challenging the competence of the petition for the petitioner’s failure to comply with the extant position of the Electoral Act 2022.
He, therefore, prayed the tribunal to dismiss the petition with substantial costs as the same is baseless, gold-digging, frivolous, vexatious, petty, and lacks merit.
At the resume of hearing, on Wednesday, 15th of October, 2025, the Tribunal sought the cooperation of all parties, including counsels, and the court further adjourned to Thursday, 16th of March, 2025.