The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike-backed Peoples Democratic Party has disowned a governorship election petition filed in its name before the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, declaring that it neither authorised, sponsored nor endorsed the suit challenging the outcome of the August 15, 2026 election.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, in a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, said its National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, who is constitutionally empowered to institute legal proceedings on behalf of the party, did not authorise any individual or lawyer to file the petition.
On Monday, The PUNCH reported that notices of two separate petitions were posted on the notice board of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal office.
The notices, signed by the Tribunal Secretary, Belemo Diete-Spiff, showed that the first petition, numbered EPT/Os/Gov/01/2026, was filed by the Osun State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Oyebamiji, and the APC against Ademola Adeleke, the Accord Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission.
In the second petition, EPT/Os/Gov/02/2026, the Peoples Democratic Party was listed as the petitioner, while the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Accord Party and Senator Ademola Adeleke were named as respondents.
