BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Sanwo-Olu As Lagos State Governor

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Supreme Court, on Friday affirmed the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the duly elected Governor of Lagos State.

Governor Sanwo-Olu And Lagos Speaker, Hon Mudasiru Obasa

Justice Garba Lawal, who read the lead judgment of the apex court, dismissed the appeal filed by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP)

He held that the deputy governor of Lagos, Obafemi Hamzat, was duly qualified to contest the March 18, 2023, governorship election.

The judgment in the appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, was the first to be delivered at the Supreme Court during its Friday sitting.

Rhodes-Vivour had challenged the election victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who contested the March 18, 2023, governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is currently in his second term in office.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

In earlier judgements, both the election tribunal and the Appeal Court had ruled in favour of Sanwo-Olu in the suit filed against him by Rhodes-Vivour.

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