The Court of Appeal in Lagos has ordered the continuation of the
petitions filed by the defeated governorship candidates of the
Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis,
and his Labour Party counterpart Ifagbemi Awamaridi challenging the
victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the March 9 guber election.
In a unanimous decision, a five-man panel of the court ordered
the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to continue
hearing of the petition.
“From the record, it is clear that the tribunal was wrong to
have declared the petition as an abandoned petition.
“The case is to be remitted to the lower court for expeditious
hearing of the matter,” the court held on Owolabi’s appeal.
The appellate court also found merit in a related but separate
appeal by the Labour Party Ifagbemi Awamaridi challenging the
dismissal of its appeal against the victory of Sanwo-Olu as
Governor of Lagos State.
It also ordered an expeditious retrial.
Details shortly…
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