The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos says it is
challenging the appeal court judgment that affirmed the victory of Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state.
Hakeem Amode, the publicity secretary of the PDP in Lagos,
in an interview with NAN on Monday, said the appeal court failed to do justice
with the petition of the party.
BACKGROUND
In March, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Lagos governorship election.
Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat his close
challenger, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 312,329
votes.
Abdulazeez Adediran, the PDP governorship candidate,
popularly known as Jandor, came a distant third with 62,449 votes.
On September 25, the Lagos governorship election petition
tribunal dismissed the case filed by Adediran seeking to nullify the victory of
Sanwo-Olu at the poll.
Displeased with the verdict, on October 13, Jandor filed 34
grounds of appeal challenging the judgment of the tribunal.
On November 15, the court of appeal in Lagos dismissed the
suit filed by Jandor.
‘WE’VE STRONG BELIEF IN SUPREME COURT’
During the interview, Amode said the PDP’s appeal will get
to the apex court in the coming days.
“We are challenging
the ruling of the appeal court, affirming Sanwo-Olu as winner at the election.
In a couple of days, our petitions will get to the supreme court,” he said.
“Looking at some of the appeal court’s rulings, there have
been so many inconsistencies in its stands on pre-election matters.
“We, as a party, feel justice is yet to be served in our
petitions against the outcome of the March 18 gubernatorial election in this
state.
“We have a strong belief in the supreme court to look at the
crux of the matter and make a statement that will serve as precedent.
“The party and our candidate are not deterred, we have
reviewed the November 15 appeal court’s ruling and decided to pursue justice at
the supreme court.”
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