The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Governor Kayode
Fayemi of Ekiti State.
The court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel, held on
Wednesday that the appeal by Segun Oni, was statute barred.
Justice Amiru Sanusi, in the lead judgment, held that the case,
being a pre-election one, was not commenced at the trial court,
within the required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration
Act.
Oni, an ex-Governor of Ekiti State had appealed the judgment of
the Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High
Court, to the effect that his (Oni’s) challenge of Fayemi’s
eligibility to contest the last governorship election in the state,
was without merit.
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