Unexpected Twist: Main Opponent Reveals Why Tinubu’s Man Tokunbo Abiru Should Be Disqualified From Contest To Determine Senator Pepper Osinowo’s Successor

Charles Oyelesi

The main opponent of Tokunbo Abiru, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the electoral contest to determine the successor of late Senator Bayo Osinowo have moved against him in an unexpected twist.

The opponent, Babatunde Gbadamosi of the People’s Democratic Party wants Abiru disqualified from October 31, 2020 bye – election to determine the new Senator from Lagos East.

Gbadamosi popularly called BOG provided reasons for this move with a material released by Adetokunbo Pearse, the media director for the Gbadamosi Senatorial Campaign.

The material reads in part…

‘’The Lagos State APC ,true to its disregard for the rule of law and disrespect for Lagosians has classified the PDP case against its embattled candidate for Senate as ‘false and laughable’.

Firstly, there is nothing false about the case. Court records will show that indeed, on 29th September, 2020, the PDP and its Senatorial Candidate, Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi dragged Abiru, his party, APC and INEC to court. In the suit filled in the Federal High Court of Nigeria In the Lagos Judicial Division Holden at Lagos, the PDP and Gbadamosi are asking for the disqualification of Abiru on at least two counts.

1. Mr. Abiru has two Permanent Voters cards, (PVC number: 90F5BO…., and PVC number: 90F5A… )
2. Mr. Abiru is not registered to vote in the East Senatorial District. Our evidence for the first case against Mr Abiru can be verified from the Voters Register as it exists on INEC server.
   For the second case against Abiru, we refer to his letter of 14th August, 2020 to INEC, requesting a transfer of his address from Road A2 HSE Ago, Carlton Gate Estate, off Chevron Drive, Lekki Lagos, to 38 Oriwu Road, Ita Elewa, Ikorodu Lagos.

‘’Mr Abiru’s request was not granted, because as INEC explained to him, ‘ Continuous Voter Registration Exercise is presently suspended’ Clearly, therefore, based on case number 1, Mr. Abiru is guilty of identity fraud.

‘’With two PVC’s, it is reasonable to assume that Mr Abiru is one of those people who vote multiple times on election day.

Based on case number 2, it is clear that Mr Abiru cannot vote in the October 31st Lagos East Senatorial Election. According to the constitution, a citizen who cannot vote cannot be voted for.

The case against Mr Abiru is water tight. His sponsor, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu did no do his due diligence.

He imposed Abiru on the members of his party, and wants to impose him on the people of Lagos East ( Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu, Kosofe, Somolu)The practice of forcing bad candidates on the electorate with impunity by callous leaders like Tinubu failed last month in Edo State.

It will fail in Ondo State on 10th October , and it will fail in Lagos at the Lagos East Senatorial election. ”