Supreme Court delivers verdict on Akeredolu, Abraham today

The Supreme Court of Nigeria will today deliver judgment on the
appeal of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu against the
victory of Dr. Olusegun Abraham at the Abuja Division of the Court
of Appeal on the validity of the pre-election suit and service of
same on Akeredolu.

The suit was earlier filed at the Abuja Division of the Federal
High Court by Dr. Abraham before Justice Nnamidi Dimgba.

Abraham premised the suit on alleged irregularities in the
state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary on
September 3, 2016 in Akure, the state capital.

Today’s Supreme Court decision will determine whether or not a
pre-election suit filed by a dissatisfied contestant in a primary
election before the general elections was conducted is valid and if
it can be validly served on the party sponsoring the candidate in
the election pursuant to an order of substituted service made by
the court hearing the matter.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria will today deliver judgment on the
appeal of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu against the
victory of Dr. Olusegun Abraham at the Abuja Division of the Court
of Appeal on the validity of the pre-election suit and service of
same on Akeredolu.

The suit was earlier filed at the Abuja Division of the Federal
High Court by Dr. Abraham before Justice Nnamidi Dimgba.

Abraham premised the suit on alleged irregularities in the
state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary on
September 3, 2016 in Akure, the state capital.

Today’s Supreme Court decision will determine whether or not a
pre-election suit filed by a dissatisfied contestant in a primary
election before the general elections was conducted is valid and if
it can be validly served on the party sponsoring the candidate in
the election pursuant to an order of substituted service made by
the court hearing the matter.