Court of Appeal upholds Akeredolu’s re-election
The Appeal court sitting in Akure has dismissed the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede against the reelection of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
The five man panel upheld the judgement of the tribunal which validated the reelection of governor Akeredolu.
The appellate court said the appeal filed by Jegede lacked merit.
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The state election petition tribunal had earlier stricken out the petition of the PDP candidate for lack of merit but Jegede approached the appellate court to challenge the verdict of the tribunal.
The appeal court, having examined the seven grounds of appeal tabled by the appellant, dismissed the appeal, saying it lacked merit
In the judgment delivered virtually, the Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua-led five-man panel of judges said in the seven-issue of appeal, the issues one to five were resolved to favour the appellant while issue three was resolved to favour the respondent, and issue six was partly dismissed and partly allowed while issued seven favoured the respondent.
The court said, “The appeal is partly allowed and partly dismissed and the appellant’s case is also dismissed.”
Meanwhile, the PDP has expressed its dissatisfaction over the judgment as it declared that the appellate court verdict would be challenged at the Supreme Court,
This was contained in a statement swiftly issued by the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kennedy Peretei.
The statement, which said the party was still studying the details of the judgment, described the judgment as inconclusive.
It read, “The Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State and candidate of the party at the October 2020 Gubernatorial election will challenge the Court of Appeal decision at the Supreme Court.