By Rotimi Ojomoyela
ADO-EKITI — Former Senator representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, Senator Ayo Arise, has confirmed that he has instituted a court action challenging the outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary for the district, insisting that he lawfully won the exercise.
Speaking in an interview in Ado-Ekiti, Arise said he approached the court immediately after the primary in line with the timelines stipulated in the Electoral Act, adding that he was therefore not surprised when his name was omitted from the party’s list of candidates.
He maintained that the suit was not driven by personal ambition but by the need to ensure that political parties comply with their own rules and uphold democratic principles.
According to him, he filed the suit within the legally prescribed period to preserve his right to seek judicial redress, arguing that waiting for subsequent announcements by the party would have rendered any legal action statute-barred.
