Just In: Gov Abiodun Wins At Appeal Court

Oyo State  Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan has dismissed the appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP) against the election of the Governor of Ogun State , Dapo Abiodun.

Naija news learnt that the court described the Labour Party’s appeal as lacking in merit and outrightly frivolous.

Ogun state Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, in a statement disclosed that:

“The court upheld the submission of counsel to Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress, Wale Ajayi, that the governor was duly elected and calling for the invalidation of the poll that returned him could not stand legal requirements for the nullification of elections.”

The LP in Ogun State as well as its 2019 governorship candidate, Modupe Sanyaolu, had dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abiodun, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the election petition tribunal sitting in Ogun State to challenge the exclusion of its party from the ballot papers used for the March 9 governorship election.

But the Yusuf Halilu-led tribunal had earlier struck out the petition due to the failure of the petitioners and their counsels to appear in court on a date fixed for the commencement of the hearing.

Efforts of the petitioners to relist the petition for rehearing before the same tribunal did not succeed as well.