The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, Tuesday, urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the declaration of Ademola Adeleke as the winner of the July 16 governorship election.
The secretary of the legal committee of the PDP, Hashim Abioye, who submitted the response of the PDP and Adeleke to the tribunal, said the allegations of the petitioners are frivolous.
He maintained that the election that produced Adeleke as governor-elect was free, fair and credible.
“We are before the election petition tribunal. PDP is set to file her reply to the petition of the APC and Governor Oyetola as required by the rules. The witnesses must be present physically before the secretary to the tribunal to sign their witness statements on oath. So all these people here are witnesses and they have come to show themselves before the secretary that they are ready to sign their witness statement on oath.
“The election petition filed by the APC and Governor Oyetola is time-wasting because it was brought in dead and you will see it at the end of the day.
“We are confident that the tribunal will do justice to this. You know they’ve made so many hypes about service on the governor-elect. We cannot just open the gate of the governor-elect for just anybody to walk in and that is why the law has made provision for substituted service.
“I’ve never seen any election petition where the petitioner has been able to serve the governor elect personally,” Abioye stated.
