A Media Adviser to a Lagos West Senator, Olamilekan Adeola, Kayode Odunaro, has cleared the air that there was no court injunction that stopped his principal from contesting Ogun west Senatorial ticket.
Odunaro said this in a statement while reacting to a media report on the existence of an interlocutory injunction filed by some aggrieved politicians against Senator Adeola, popularly called Yayi.
Adeola who had relocated from Lagos to Ogun state ahead of the 2023 senatorial election had won the All Progressives Congress Ogun West Senatorial ticket, having defeated a senator representing the district, Senator Tolu Odebiyi, during the party’s primary held in Ilaro.
Odunaro explained that the court papers had been circulated since Saturday claiming an injunction has been granted.
He wrote, “Ordinarily, the victorious Senator Adeola in the concluded primary would have let the authors of the court papers live in their fool’s paradise but is now forced to react to the spreading of what amounts to fake news and blatant lies.
“The fact of the matter is that no court has granted an injunction stopping the concluded primary or in any way questioning the landslide victory of Senator Adeola last Saturday which had the participation of his opponent, Senator Tolu Odebiyi who scored zero votes to lose to Senator Adeola’s 294 votes as widely reported in the media.
Predictably no judge was assigned to the case and as we speak we are not aware of the assignment of the case to any judge.
“Senator Adeola is not averse to anyone following the rule of law in their failed agitation to engage in politics of exclusion and will join issues with any litigants following due process. But the judicial process and the media must not be manipulated to serve base and vile ambition of a grossly unpopular aspirant for a democratic political office.
“We urge members of the public to disregard the fake news of an injunction against the hard-won landslide victory of Senator Adeola in the Ogun West Senatorial APC primary of Saturday, May 28, 2022, and further urge the party to sanction any erring members engaging in what amounts to gross anti-party activities. “
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