Aregbesola & Omisore’s Lawyers Fight Publicly in Osun

The lawyers presenting Osun state governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Dawood Akinloye and PDP gubernatorial candidate of same state, Iyiola Omisore, Kehinde Adesiyan, engaged in a physical fight on Wednesday in Osogbo. Both lawyers allegedly disagreed on recording of inspection of election materials. Aregbesola’s Counsel, Dawood Akinloye has arranged for video recording of the inspection exercise and when the person engaged to do the coverage began, it met stiff opposition from Omisore’s Lawyer, Kehinde Adesiyan.

Adesiyan consequently stopped the cameraman. This however necessitated Akinloye, after his failed explanation that he was the one that engaged the video man, took over the recording himself, yet was stopped by Adesiyan who insisted that court granted only the inspection of voting materials, not recording.

When the heated argument persisted, an INEC official offered to do an independent recording with promise to provide copies later to all parties. This was rejected by Aregbesola’s counsel who pointed out that he and his client lacked confidence in the electoral body, as he alleged manipulation of the original coverage.

 Both lawyers engaged in verbal abuses and later physical brawl. Omisore’s Counsel, Adesiyan accused his rival colleague, Akinloye, representing incumbent Governor as the first to attack him, while Akinloye countered the claim, saying he (Adesiyan) was the first who launched attack.