The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed the Governor-elect of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the July 16 gubernatorial election that held in the state.
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In a unanimous judgement, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal lodged against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi who laid claim to the governorship ticket of the PDP, having emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the state.
The five-man panel of justices had maintained that the appeal was incompetent, stressing that it was filed outside the 14 days period provided by the law.
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Counsel to the Appellant, Mr. Adebayo Adelodun, SAN, withdrew the appeal after the panel led by Justice Amina Augie, drew his attention to the fact that the case was statute barred.
