Osun Poll: S’Court Throws Out PDP’s Suit Against Oyetola

• The Supreme Court has dismissed PDP’s suit against Oyetola’s participation in the Osun guber election.

• Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had, in a judgement on September 30, 2022, nullified the participation of Oyetola.

• In a judgement on Thursday, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Centus Nweze, held that the appeal by the PDP was without merit.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun State’s former Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and his Deputy, Benedict Alabi, in the July 16, 2022 governorship election.

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had, in a judgement on September 30, 2022, nullified the participation of Oyetola and Alabi in the governorship election on the grounds that their nomination forms were endorsed by an acting Chairman of APC, who was also a serving Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.

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Justice Nwite’s judgement was set aside by the Court of Appeal, Abuja in a judgement in December last year, a decision the PDP appealed to the Supreme Court.

In a judgement on Thursday morning, a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Centus Nweze, held that the appeal by the PDP was without merit and directed the lawyer to the PDP, Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), to withdraw it.

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The court held that the PDP could not, under the law, question the process leading to the emergence of Oyetola and Alabi as candidates of the APC in the election.

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