Governor Mimiko of Ondo State yesterday replied to the petitions filed by the opposition parties against the result of the October 20 govenorship election in the state and declared that the parties have no case.
Mimiko in his reply submitted before the Justice Kaka’an-led Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, said that the Action Congress of Nigeria and three other political parties are only out to waste the time of the judges.
The governor’s reply was in response to the petitions of the ACN, Accord Party (AP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC).
Opposition parties had last month approached the tribunal to challenge the results of the poll, asking it to nullify the poll and order a fresh election.
The governor, who is the first respondent to the petitions, prayed the tribunal to throw out the petitions for being frivolous, vexatious, an abuse of court process and lacking in merit and substance.
Mimiko’s replies were filed by a former Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, President, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) leading a 35-man legal team including three other Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Ricky Tarfa, Adebayo Adenipekun and John Baiyeshea as well as Dr. Olumide Ayeni and Abayomi Akanmode.
The 2,318 page-reply to ACN petition listed 1,047 witnesses to give evidence before the tribunal while that of the Accord Party has 19 pages with three witnesses listed for defence.
In the case of CPC, Mimiko submitted a reply of 51 pages with four witnesses and filed 29 pages with four witnesses against PDC.
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