JUST IN: High Court Perceives Adeleke As Osun PDP Guber Applicant

In rejecting a lawsuit Dotun Babayemi brought challenging Ademola Adeleke’s nomination, the Supreme Court declared that Adeleke is the legitimate Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the just-concluded Osun governorship election.

It decided that Babayemi should be disqualified for bringing applications to the court disputing Adeleke’s nomination for the election since the court lacked authority to hear those.

The appeal against a decision rendered by a lower court submitted by the candidate, in the opinion of the court, was made outside of the period of time permitted by law for any subject relating to pre-election affairs.

A five-person panel headed by Justice Amina Augie issued the verdict on Thursday in Abuja.

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