The Supreme Court, Wednesday morning affirmed the victory
of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in
the 9
August, 2014 governorship election in Osun State, western Nigeria.
The
court of final arbitration dismissed the appeal brought before it by
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in the election, Senator
Iyiola Omisore, challenging the election of Aregbesola.
Delivering judgment,
Justice John Fabiyi, who led a seven-man panel of the court, upheld the
judgments of the Court of Appeal in Akure and the Osun State
Governorship Election Tribunal.
The Appeal court and the election tribunal had both affirmed Aregbesola’s victory.
According
to Daily Post, in the lead judgment read by Justice C.C. Nweze, six of
the seven issues brought before the court were resolved in favour of the
Osun governor while one was against him.
He said all the justices thereafter unanimously decided that the appeal lacked merit and was bound to be dismissed.
Source:PM News
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