The Nationwide Vice Chairman of the Labour Birthday party (LP) within the South-West, Dr Arabambi Abayomi, and the Motion Alliance (AA) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Prof Awofala Awoniyi Awolola, have threatened felony motion over any alleged illegal alteration of the Peoples Democratic Birthday party (PDP) club sign in submitted to the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
The 2 politicians mentioned they’d officially petitioned INEC to keep the unique sign in and examine data alleging that a testimony have been sworn to provide an explanation for the omission of Oladipupo Adebutu’s identify from the file.
The, politicians warned that they’d problem any purported retrospective alteration of the sign in or administrative motion in response to an allegedly illegal substitution of the unique file.
They stated that they weren’t in ownership of the alleged affidavit and referred to as on INEC to determine whether or not it existed and whether or not it have been submitted to the fee.
Whilst briefing the media, Thursday, they mentioned they’d won data suggesting that INEC would possibly post Adebutu’s identify on Thursday, October 29, at the power of a testimony, regardless that, they didn’t supply documentary proof .
In step with them, the PDP performed its Ogun State governorship number one in Abeokuta on Would possibly 24, 2026, and the club sign in submitted to INEC forward of the workout didn’t comprise Adebutu’s identify.
They claimed a Qualified True Reproduction of the sign in issued by way of INEC on July 20, 2026, mirrored the omission.
The politicians alleged {that a} PDP govt member had sworn to a testimony explaining the omission as an error by way of the birthday celebration.
They attributed the tips to a disclosure reportedly made by way of a member of the PDP’s Ogun State Govt Committee, all the way through a WhatsApp dialogue.
The duo mentioned they’d now not independently verified the lifestyles or contents of the affidavit.
Mentioning Segment 77 of the Electoral Act 2026, they argued that the statutory necessities governing birthday celebration club registers must information INEC’s dealing with of the subject.
They maintained that a testimony explaining an omission must now not, by itself, be handled as authority to amend a sign in retrospectively.
Additionally they referred to a Superb Courtroom judgment delivered on September 24, 2026, in INEC v. Zenith Labour Birthday party, Attraction No. SC/CV/495/2026, which they mentioned used to be related to the statutory necessities governing club registers.
The politicians requested INEC to determine whether or not the alleged affidavit have been submitted, when it used to be won, the authentic who won it and the aim for which it used to be introduced.
They additional referred to as for an investigation into any credible proof of wrong interference with the fee’s information.
They mentioned they’d asked a reaction from INEC inside of 24 hours of its receipt in their letter, together with main points of measures taken to keep the sign in and examine the problems raised.
The duo mentioned they reserved the suitable to pursue judicial and different lawful therapies if proof established that the sign in have been unlawfully altered or treated opposite to appropriate regulation.
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