The court of appeal in Akure, Ondo state, has dismissed a
suit filed by Dotun Babayemi, governorship hopeful of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), against Ademola Adeleke.
Babayemi had taken Adeleke before a federal high court in
Osogbo, seeking to be declared as the PDP candidate for the July 16
governorship election in Osun state.
Two factions of the party had on March 8, 2021, conducted
separate governorship primaries featuring Adeleke and Babayemi.
Babayemi was declared the winner of the primary election held at the Children and Women Development Centre in Osogbo, while the primary election held at Osogbo City Stadium and backed by the PDP national working committee produced Adeleke.
In a list of candidates later released by the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Adeleke was recognised as the
duly-elected candidate to fly the flag of the PDP in the governorship election
in the state.
In a judgment delivered on May 18, Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel,
the judge, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre,
Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Babayemi is null and void.
Dissatisfied with the ruling, Babayemi filed a suit at the
court of appeal, Akure, challenging the judgment of the lower court and seeking
to be declared as the PDP governorship candidate.
The court of appeal in its judgment on Wednesday upheld the
verdict of the high court and consequently dismissed Babayemi’s appeal.
On July 16, Adeleke was declared the winner of the
governorship election by INEC.
He secured 403, 371 votes to defeat Gboyega Oyetola of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 375,027 votes.
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