Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore
Some members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) have asked the Osun State High Court to nullify the congress conducted by a faction of the party in the state and the election of Senator Iyiola Omisore as the party’s governorship candidate.
The faction led by Ademola Ishola, which announced Barrister Kehinde Atanda as the party’s governorship candidate, insisted that the congress that produced Omisore was illegal going by the court order flouted by the senator and his group.
Barrister Olayinka Sokoya, counsel to the SDP in a suit filed by two of its state officers, Rasheed Mayowa and Azeez Alakinde-Ismaila, had tendered two separate rulings against Omisore’s faction and asked the court to restore the orders which would lead to the sacking of the Dr. Bayo Faforiji–led executives.
He explained that it was an urgent electoral matter that should be quickly disposed off to pave the way for smooth running of the party’s affairs in the state.
Responding, the Presiding Judge, Justice David Oladimeji, noted that “if an order is made against anyone, there are consequences if the said order is flouted”.
He asked the applicant’s counsel to write a formal request to the Chief Judge for proper transfer of the case to him as a vacation judge, disclosing that the matter was originally referred to Court 3 of the State High Court of Justice.
He thereafter adjourned ‘sine die’ until the matter is reassigned to his court as a vacation judge.