The crisis within the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a legal turn as former governorship aspirant, Abayomi Hunye, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja over electoral documents previously submitted by Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.

Hunye, through his lawyer, Olamide Victor, is asking the court to review Adeola’s past statutory declarations and nomination documents submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the state of origin declared by the senator in previous elections.

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Victor said the case was not intended to challenge Adeola’s Yewa ancestry but to establish whether the declarations contained in his official electoral documents were consistent.

“We are not challenging the indigeneity of Senator Olamilekan Adeola as a Yewa son. What we are bringing before the court is a matter of statutory integrity and constitutional compliance,” the lawyer said.

According to Victor, Adeola has held elective offices for more than two decades, making his previous INEC declarations relevant to the issues raised in the suit. He said certified true copies of the relevant documents obtained from INEC would be presented before the court during the proceedings.

The legal action is part of the ongoing political contest between Hunye and Adeola over the APC governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 Ogun State election.

Hunye said he was not asking the court to declare him the APC candidate, but wanted the judiciary to examine the party’s nomination process and determine whether it complied with applicable electoral laws.

“I am not asking the media or the public to declare me the candidate. I am asking the judiciary to look at the process, examine the facts under the Electoral Act, and allow the law to take its proper course,” he said.

The former aspirant also questioned the APC Ogun State Working Committee’s reported claim that he was suspended from the party on April 7, 2026, following a petition allegedly originating from his ward in Tube, Ipokia Local Government Area.

Hunye argued that the reported suspension date raised questions because, according to him, he paid ₦50 million for the expression of interest and nomination forms on April 28, 2026, after the alleged suspension.

“If I was genuinely suspended on April 7, why did the party accept my ₦50 million payment on April 28? Why was my application processed, and why was I cleared by the screening committee to contest the primary?” he asked.

Hunye contested the APC governorship primary held on May 21, where Adeola was declared winner with 304,055 votes out of 305,287 accredited voters. Hunye was recorded as scoring zero votes.

The former aspirant said he subsequently approached the APC Governorship Primary Appeal Committee but decided to seek judicial intervention after, according to him, he received no response to his petitions.

Hunye also denied allegations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, was funding his legal action.

He described the case as an independent effort to challenge what he considers inconsistencies in the APC nomination process and to seek compliance with relevant electoral laws.