Supreme Court justices on Wednesday were split 4-3 over
whether to uphold the re-election of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as Ondo State
governor.
The candidate of PDP, Eyitayo Jegede had filed an appeal at
the court, demanding that Akeredolu’s victory be cancelled.
But majority of the justices upheld Akeredolu’s election.
Justice Emmanuel Agim, who delivered the majority verdict
dismissed the appeal by Eyitayo Jegede and his party, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) on the grounds that it was incompetent.
Justice Agim upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal,
which invalidated the petition filed by Jegede over the omission of Yobe
Governor and Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni as a
party.
The Appeal court said the petition was incompetent.
Justice Mary Peter-Odili, who read the minority verdict,
upheld Jegede’s appeal.
She dismissed the cross appeal by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), Akeredolu and the APC.
Odili said since the APC was a party in the case, there was
no need to include Buni as a party.
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