A nephew of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Yusuf Amosun, has been taken to the Election Petition Tribunal alongside other 15 candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who were elected as members of the Ogun State House of Assembly on March 18.
Yusuf became a member of the House of Assembly in 2019 to represent Ewekoro Constituency, when he contested on the platform of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), a party floated by former Governor Amosun.
In the build-up to the 2023 elections, Yusuf dumped his uncle’s party and joined Governor Dapo Abiodun’s camp of the APC.
The young Amosun campaigned against the former governor’s African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Having been declared winner of the election in Ewekoro Constituency, Amosun will have the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contend with at the election petition tribunal.
Ogun PDP is challenging the elections in 16 of the 26 constituencies where its candidates lost.
Besides Ewekoro, the opposition party is challenging the House of Assembly elections in Abeokuta South II, Ado-Odo/Ota 1 and 2, Abeokuta North, Ifo II, Imeko-Afon and Ijebu Ode constituencies.
Others are Sagamu II, Ijebu North II, Obafemi-Owode, Ipokia, Odeda, Yewa North I and II as well as Yewa South constituencies.
Through their counsel, Dr. Hassan Balogun, the candidates and the party filed their petitions, joining the winners, the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as respondents.