BREAKING: SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS FAYEMI'S ELECTION, DISMISSES PDP, OLUSOLA-ELEKA'S APPEAL
Afnews Editor
May 24, 2019
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka challenging the election of Governor Kayode Fayemi.
READ ALSO: I Will Not Allow Criminality As President, Peter Obi Declares
Affirming Fayemi's election, the five-man panel of the Supreme Court led by the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad unanimously held that the appeal challenging the outcome of the poll lacked merit.
Justice John Okoro, who read the lead judgment, affirmed the judgments of both the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal and the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which had both dismissed the petition challenging the outcome of the July 2018 poll.
READ ALSO: How Singer, Mohbad Was K!lled At 27 - Baby Mama Make S@d Revelations | READ MORE
The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Fayemi and the All Progressives Congress polled a total of 197,459 votes to defeated Olusola-Eleka and the PDP who placed second with 178,121 votes in the July 14, 2018 election.
READ ALSO: "We're marginalizedÔÇØ - APC north-central backs call for regional govt
Dissatisfied with the outcome, PDP and Olusola-Eleka had filed their petition before the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal which sat and delivered its judgment in Abuja.
READ ALSO: Why We Demolished N160m Govt House Roundabout - Kano Govt | WATCH VIDEO + DETAILS
The petitioners alleged among others in their petition that the election was marred by a lot of wrongs including non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
But the tribunal on January 28, 2019 dismissed their petition and affirmed the results declared by INEC.
READ ALSO: Why El-Rufai Was Returned To ICPC Custody?
The petitioners further appealed to the Court of Appeal, raising seven issues against the judgment of the tribunal.
READ ALSO: 9th ASSEMBLY: WE WILL SUPPORT WHOEVER BUHARI ENDORSES - UCHE NWOSU
But delivering judgment, Justice Stephen Adah who led the three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, resolved all the seven issues raised against the appellants and in favour of the respondents - Fayemi, INEC and APC.
READ ALSO: How A Customs Officer Tragically Died During Reps Panel Appearance |READ DETAILS
Justice Adah dismissed the case for lacking in merit, a decision the two other members of the panel - Justices Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson and Emmanuel Agim, consented to.
In their further appeal to the Supreme Court, the PDP and Olusola-Eleka, urged the apex court through their lawyer, Yusuf Ali (SAN), to upturn the lower court's judgment.
READ ALSO: Sowore's Miscalculation and the Need to beat a Wise Retreat
The appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday.
READ ALSO: UCL: Why We Used Teargas On Liverpool Fans- French Govt
(Punchng)
Related Stories
REVEALED: How All Progressives Congress (APC) Played Into The Opposition Hands Ahead Of 2027 - Sumner Sambo Warns
I Will Not Allow Criminality As President, Peter Obi Declares
Why El-Rufai Was Returned To ICPC Custody?
Sowore's Miscalculation and the Need to beat a Wise Retreat
Tinubu Breaks Silence on Hardship, Inflation, Power Crisis - Vows Nigeria Will Overcome Economic Storm
"Terrorists Have Outgunned Our TroopsÔÇØ - Ndume Raises Alarm Over Boko Haram War, Sends Urgent Message To Tinubu
""
— Afnews Editor