Oyo APC members to court: Sack our senator because she is a Briton

The legal battle to wrest power from some elected public officials in Oyo State is getting more interesting.
Five members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Abiodun Wahab Azeez, Alhaji Bola Akinyemi, Hon. Chief Emmanuel Oladeji, Chief Samuel Adebayo Elegbede and Chief Thomas Ajao, have gone to a Federal High Court, Abuja, urging it to sack Senator Monsurat Sunmonu, representing Oyo Central Senatorial District.
Reason: She is allegedly a British citizen.
Sunmonu was the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly between 2011 and 2015.
They told the court that they were deceived into voting for her during the March 28 elections.
The court is yet to fix date for the hearing.
But the state chapter of the party described the plaintiffs as impostors.
According to APC’s Director of Publicity and Strategy, Olawale Sadare, they were described as “bare-faced liars who are chieftains of the Accord Party, seeking another furtive means to blackmail a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who had defeated their own candidate (Bisi Ilaka) at the poll on March 28, 2015.
“The ground on which they just approached the Federal High Court, Abuja to blackmail Senator Monsurat Sunmonu formed the nucleus of their earlier petition before the tribunal which was dismissed for lacking in merit and we are aware they have again headed for the Court of Appeal to upturn the sound judgement.
“Interestingly, the same characters, who played significant roles, as card-carrying members and chieftains of the Accord Party, in the build-up to the general elections and subsequent challenge of the victory of the APC candidates at various tribunals, are now disguising as either non-partisan voters or APC sympathizers with a view to misleading the court and the general public.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Alhaji Bola Akinyemi is the Administrative Secretary of the Accord Party in Oyo State and he was to be included as a principal witness in the Ladoja vs Ajimobi governorship election petition before the tribunal declined on account of a procedural error by the Petitioners’ lawyers.
“On the other hand, Abiodun Wahab and Emmanuel Oladeji are leaders of the Accord Party in Oluyole and Oyo East local government areas respectively.
“Apart from the fact that these Bisi Ilaka foot soldiers are chasing mere shadows, it is obvious that these unscrupulous and desperate politicians are up to a game of treachery, not minding the legal implications of tissues of lies they have again sworn to on oath. We, therefore, urge them to retrace their steps or be made to face the wrath of the law,” Sadare stated.‎