The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission, the People’s Democratic Party, and the West African Examination Council (WAEC) have been petitioned to stop Wahab Waliu Olatunji from claiming to be the party’s bona fide candidate in the coming local government election in the state.
This was contained in a petition, suit number Hoy/54/2023, filed in the High Court of Oyo State, claiming that Waliu Olatunji’s WAEC result to contest the election should not be considered.
Olanrewaju Afeez Basorun, in the petition, claimed that as of 1996, physical education was not included in the WAEC curriculum, as claimed by Wahab Olatunji, and urged the relevant authorities to stop the decision of the PDP to present him as its candidate in the following local government election.
Olanrewaju Afeez of Isale Basorun in Oyo claimed in the petition that Waliu Olatunji, the proposed candidate of the PDP, is not qualified and that the 21-day ultimatum commenced from the day the petition was served.
The petition seeks to know whether the non-presentation of a valid qualifying certificate by a candidate for the position of local government chairman is grounds for disqualification.
However, Hon. Olanrewaju Afeez of Atiba Local Government, in the petition, called on the PDP, WAEC, and OYSIEC to remove Waliu Olatunji from representing the party in the election.
