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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Supreme Court has affirmed Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the July 16 governorship election held in the state.
The apex court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by a five-man panel of justices, dismissed an appeal lodged against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi, who laid claim to the PDP governorship ticket, having emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the state.
Counsel to the Appellant, Mr. Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), withdrew the appeal after the panel of justices led by Justice Amina Augie, drew his attention to the fact that the case was statute barred.
The panel had maintained that the appeal was incompetent, stressing that it was filed outside the 14 days period provided by the law.
