Osun APC guber ticket battle shifts to court

The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has shifted to the court.

MOSHOOD ADEOTI, who lost to Governor ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA in the primary election at the weekend, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare him winner of the shadow poll.

In the direct primary conducted by a committee, chaired by Kwara State Governor ABDULRAHMAN ABDULRASAK, the governor polled 222,169 votes to defeat ADEOTI, who scored 12, 921 votes and former House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, YUSUFF LASUN, who got 460 votes.