Supreme Court Affirms Adeleke As Osun PDP Governorship Candidate

Supreme Court Affirms Adeleke As Osun PDP Governorship Candidate

The Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Thursday floored his contender, Dotun Babayemi, who challenged Adeleke’s emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun state governorship election.

Babayemi had prayed to the apex court to set aside the decisions of the lower courts and declare him as the PDP candidate for the July 16, 2023 governorship election in Osun State.

The five-member Justices of the apex court, presided by Justices Amina Augie held that the appeal, as filed by the appellant was filed out of time as a pre-election matter is time-bound.

While noting that, “A pre-election matter has a period of 14 days, and like a rock of Jibrata, cannot be moved”, the court added that, there is nothing before the court to invoke its jurisdiction

Efforts by counsel to the appellant, Adebayo Adelodun (SAN) to convince the panel to take a look at the merits of the appeal proved abortive as the court held that it lacks jurisdiction to entertain the matter

The Appeal, having been withdrawn by the counsel to the appellant, the court consequently dismissed it.

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