Omisore vows to unseat Aregbesola through Supreme Court as Appeal Court upholds judgment

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has vowed to head for the Supreme Court following the dismissal of his suit by the Court of Appeal in Akure, seeking to upturn the victory of Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the August 2014 governorship election in Osun State.

Omisore spoke through his media aide, Mr. Victor Oriola  to react to the dismissal of his appeal on Thursday.

He said Omisore was not going to let the alleged manipulation of the August 9, 2014 governorship election go without fighting it to the very end.

He said, ” We will go through the whole gamut of the legal process. We believe we have a good case and we will pursue it to the end. All the areas overlooked at the tribunal and the Appeal Court will be visited by the Supreme Court.”

The Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime-led Election Petitions Tribunal had, on February 6, dismissed Omisore’s petition against Aregbesola.

Not satisfied with the verdict of the lower tribunal, the petitioner filed an appeal against it to the Appeal Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

But the appellate court also dismissed the PDP candidate’s appeal.

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress in Osun State has hailed the judgment, describing it as a confirmation of the rejection of Omisore by the majority of the people of the state.

The state Director of Publicity of the APC, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, said this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Thursday.