Governorship aspirant, Moshood Adeoti has moved the battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State to the court.
Adeoti, who lost to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in the primary election during the weekend, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare him winner of the shadow poll.
In the direct primary, Oyetola polled 222,169 votes to beat Adeoti, who scored 12, 921 votes and former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, who got 460 votes.
Adeoti was supported by Minister of Interior and former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Supporters of the plaintiff had previously challenged the outcome of the ward and local government congresses in court at Osogbo and Ikire.
The cases were dismissed as the voting, sorting, counting and poll announcement was very transparent.
But Adeoti prayed the court for a declaration that he was the validly nominated candidate.
Adeoti further prayed the court to declare that Oyetola was not qualified to contest under the party’s constitution, because he is an officer of the party.
