The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented a Certificate Of Return to the
House of Representatives Elect for Akoko South East /South West federal constituency, Asiwaju Gboyega Adefarati.
It was presented to him by INEC National Commissioner, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, at the commission’s National Headquarters, Abuja.
This followed the decision of the Court of Appeal that upheld his election. Adefarati had won the February 25, National Assembly election.
Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital, recently validated the nomination of Adegboyega Adefarati, as the candidate of the House of Representatives for the party.
Adefarati was confirmed by the party’s candidate in an unanimous judgement by the Appellant Court, saying the lower court erred in nullifying the primary of the APC which declared Adefarati as the winner.
The son of the late governor of the state, Chief Adebayo Adefarati, was declared as the candidate of the APC for the Akoko South West and Akoko South East federal constituencies in Ondo state by the party but a Federal High Court nullified his candidacy in the election.
The lower Court which nullified the primary conducted by the party, declared that the party has no candidate for the 2023 House of Representatives election in the federal constituency and restrained Adefarati and the party from parading himself as the flagbearer of the party in the election.
