Appeal Court sacks Omisore – Vanguard
October 30, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, yesterday, nullified the election of Chief Iyiola Omisore, as Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District and ordered a re-run within 60 days.
Until yesterday, Omisore was Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation.
Ironically, Omisore, who was impeached as Deputy Governor of Osun State in 2002 under then Governor Bisi Akande, had, on Monday, picked the expression of interest form to contest the 2011 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.
Yesterday’s verdict of the Appellate Court was yet another political setback for Omisore who was tried but discharged and acquitted by an Appellate Court over the murder of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige.
