APC and SDP lawyers dispute venue of Ekiti tribunal hearings
Lawyers for the APC and SDP have disagreed over whether a tribunal hearing linked to the 2026 Ekiti election should be moved from the state. The APC counsel said the Court of Appeal president had directed that proceedings continue in Ado-Ekiti, while the SDP position was described differently.
Counsel for the All Progressives Congress and the Social Democratic Party have disagreed over the proposed relocation of a tribunal sitting in Ekiti State, Premium Times reports. The dispute concerns proceedings linked to the 2026 Ekiti election. The APC counsel rejected the claim by his SDP counterpart that the request to move the tribunal from Ekiti was still awaiting a decision.
According to the APC lawyer, the president of the Court of Appeal had already directed that the sitting should continue in Ado-Ekiti. The supplied material does not give the SDP counsel’s full argument or explain why relocation was sought. It also does not identify the case before the tribunal, state when the next sitting is scheduled or provide the court’s written direction.
The disagreement is therefore limited, in the available report, to the status and venue of the hearing.
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