Nigeria’s Supreme Court has affirmed Ademola Adeleke as the authentic Osun candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the state governorship election held on July 16 and the state governor-elect.
The panel of five justices in a unanimous judgement, dismissed an appeal against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi who, through a parallel party primary, claimed to be the governorship ticket bearer of the PDP.
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.
The panel had maintained that the appeal was incompetent, stressing that it was filed outside the 14 days period provided by the law.
