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Print version ‘Bode Ola’s Victory Is Evidence That PDP Did Not Win In Ekiti’

The PM News (Saturday, July 04, 2009):  The Ilorin Court of Appeal ruling that sent Mr. Femi Kila packing from the Senate was a testimony that the PDP did not win any election in Ekiti State, says Yemi Adaramodu, Director of Communications, Kayode Fayemi Campaign Organisation.

The court had nullified two of the three senatorial seats purportedly won by the PDP candidates, having earlier declared Mr. Ayo Arise’s seat vacant. He said Senator Bode Ola actually won the Ekiti Central Senatorial District election in 2007, but the Siamese twins of INEC and PDP subjugated the people’s will and gave Mr.   More....

Kila: PDP, AC Trade Words over Court Verdict

This Day (Thursday, July 02, 2009):  From Toba Suleiman in Ado-Ekiti

As more reactions continue to trail Tuesday's judgment of the Ilorin Court of Appeal, which nullified the election of Senator Femi Kila of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate, Mr Bode Ola winner of the 2007 senatorial election in Ekiti State, both the ruling PDP and the rival opposition party in the state have continued to trade words over the court verdict.
While the AC , in its reaction, described the ruling as a testimony that the PDP did not win any election in Ekiti State , the PDP, which called for caution over judgments on election petitions, described the Appeal Court ruling as alarming.   More....

Ekiti AC Calls For Trial Of Ousted Senator, Kila

Daily Independent (Thursday, July 02, 2009):  By Yaqoub Popoola, Correspondent, Ado-ekiti

Action Congress (AC) in Ekiti State has called for the trial of the former senator, Femi Kila, for alleged complicity in the violence and act of thuggery witnessed during the recent governorship re-run election the state.

But, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the AC victory as one which cannot stand in the face of God.

The PDP said it had accused the AC of embarking on what it called "vote after voting" during the conduct of the forensic examination carried out by the party at the lower tribunal in the state.   More....

Kila packs out of National Assembly

The Nation (Thursday, July 02, 2009):  By Gbade Ogunwale

Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Mr. Adefemi Kila, who was sacked from the Senate by the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin , Kwara State, has packed out of his former office located within the new Senate building, National Assembly complex, Abuja .

Kila was a senator until Tuesday when the appellate court voided his election.

The heavily-bearded Kila was sighted at the National Assembly complex yesterday as early as 8:30 a.   More....

Ekiti AC, PDP differ on court's sack of senator

Guardian (Wednesday, July 01, 2009):  From Ifedayo Sayo, Ado-Ekiti

AGAIN, the Action Congress (AC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State yesterday differed on the Court of Appeal's nullification of Senator Femi Kila's election as PDP member representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District.

While the AC said the judgment was in conformity with the wishes of the people of the state who voted overwhelmingly for the party in the 2007 polls, the PDP described the victory as stolen mandate and a deprivation of good representation of the state at the upper chamber of the nation's legislature.   More....
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