The Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Isin state constituency in March 18 2023 elections, Ambassador Alabi Solomon Rotimi and his party, the PDP have both rejected the verdict of the state Election Petition tribunal which affirmed the election of the APC candidate, Honorable Razak Omotosho as winner of the Assembly elections.
Solomon Alabi, while speaking through the Director of ASRA Care FOUNDATION, Rt. Hon. GBENGA FADIPE (JP) ,shortly after the ruling said the judgement is simply justice thrown to the gutter .
Expressing his dissatisfaction on the ruling , Alabi noted that his counsels have been mandated to study the judgement with a view to proceeding to the appeal court .
“We are not accepting this outcome of the Honorable court , we believe we advanced our petitions with sufficient evidences that should have guided the court . Our lawyers have been given mandate to study the judgement and proceed on appeal. Our people’s stolen mandate shall be recovered at the appellate court .” He said.
Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party, Isin LG chapter has described the judgement of the election petition tribunal sitting in Ilorin as distasteful and a gross Miscarriage of Justice.
The party chairman , Isin LG, Honorable Aremu Ola Jesu expressed disappointment in the judgement, noting that the tribunal ignored weighty evidences presented by the party’s LG collation agent and others polling units agents who were in court to provide truth account of how Isin elections was manipulated in favour of the ruling APC .
Hon. Daniel Aremu (Ola Jesu) urged party supporters and people of Isin, who are disappointed in this Miscarriage of Justice to remain calm while the party work together with the candidate to begin the process of appealing the judgement
