{"id":21028,"date":"2024-11-22T06:50:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2024-11-22T06:54:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:54:25","slug":"ekiti-rec-applauds-progress-in-electoral-malpractice-trial-against-chief-michael-ogunlade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21028","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti REC Applauds Progress in Electoral Malpractice Trial Against Chief Michael Ogunlade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Ekiti State, Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi, has expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the case of electoral malpractice involving Chief Michael Ogunlade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The trial, which commenced this week at the Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, has been adjourned to December 16, 2024, for continuation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Both INEC counsel, Ifedapo Osadola, and Chief Ogunlade\u2019s lawyer, A.J. Oguntuase, were present at the hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Speaking on the development, Dr. Omoseyindemi reiterated the importance of concluding the case promptly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He warned that any officials found violating the Electoral Act would face severe consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Chief Michael Ogunlade was arrested for allegedly carting away election result sheets at polling unit 007 in Iye III, Ilejemeje Local Government Area, during the 2023 general elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He has since been charged with the theft of result sheets.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Ekiti State, Dr. Bunmi Omoseyindemi, has expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the case of electoral malpractice involving Chief Michael Ogunlade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21031,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions\/21031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}