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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Election petition tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has received 14 petitions.
Secretary of the tribunal, Muhammad Mogaji, confirmed that the tribunal has received petitions from parties that are dissatisfied with the conduct of the National Assembly election in the state.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the nine federal House of Representatives and three senatorial seats in the state.
In the House of Assembly poll, the PDP won 25 seats, while the APC won one seat.
The tribunal said it has received a petition from Action Alliance (AA) challenging the three senatorial seats and nine House of Representatives seats.
The APC is also challenged the result in Ife federal constituency, while New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has submitted a petition against the result of Ede federal constituency.
Mogaji said the tribunal is open for whoever is ready to file a petition, describing the insinuation that the tribunal was not set up as a rumour.
