EDO 2016: 'Governor-elect' on the run as Tribunal okays Ize-Iyamu's petition to claim mandate

(DGW) REPORTS  reaching DailyGlobeWatch here in Paris have it that the 'Governor-elect' Mr. Godwin Obaseki has suddenly disappeared into thin air as the Governorship Election Tribunal okays Ize-Iyamu's petition  in the suit No. EPT/EDS/GOV/3/2016 to serve the APC and Mr. Godwin Obaseki their petition by substituted means.
Mr. Obaseki as of the time this report came in has not been found and all efforts by the bailiff to have him served with the petition  have hit the brick walls hence the decision to paste the petition on the fence of the APC secretariat.

According to reports, ''Justice Badamasi , the chairman of the Election Tribunal who allowed the petitioners to argue the motion ex parte, outside the pre-hearing session of the court, ruled that the petitioners can serve the APC and Mr Obaseki with the petition and all other processes by substituted means.
He said , " the application is hereby granted as prayed", because, "it falls in line with paragraph 47 first schedule of the Electoral act as amended and Sections 5(6) 5 of the High Court rules", applicable able to the tribunal.
The petitioners had asked the court for an order to enable them to serve the APC and Mr Godwin Obaseki their petition by substituted means , "to wit by pasting the said petition and all other processes on the wall or door of the last known addresses", of the the APC and Mr Obaseki.
The petitioners also told the tribunal that the last known addresses are the APC state headquarters along Airport Road, Benin City, Edo state for the APC and No. 8 Commercial Road, GRA, Benin City, Edo state for Mr Obaseki.
They argued that the grounds for their application were that the bailiff of the Honourable tribunal has made several attempts to personally serve the APC and Mr Obaseki, "but all to no avail", hence they needed the, "leave of the Honourable tribunal is required ", for the APC and Mr Obaseki to be served by substituted means.''