Ekiti poll: Appeal Court rejects request to relocate sitting as SDP counsel snubs tribunal

By Rotimi Ojomoyela
The Court of Appeal has rejected a call by counsel to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ekiti State, Ebenezer Akinbuli, to relocate the venue of the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to another place over alleged security concerns.
The tribunal had earlier adjourned proceedings from September 16 to September 23 to enable the President of the Court of Appeal consider the petitioners’ request for a change of venue following the alleged assault on SDP counsel.
However, SDP’s counsel, in his absence, served another letter to the court, seeking adjournment of the hearing pending the time that the Court of Appeal would address the application for t...