The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Wednesday told candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos State, Mr Abdulazeez Adediran that he came empty-handed to prosecute his case against the elected Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The Appeal Court told Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, while ruling in the appeal, that his case against the re-election of Gov Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat lacked merit.
The Court subsequently dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate and then upheld the September 25th decision of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat in the March 18 governorship poll.
It held that the appellants failed to prove their allegations of forgery and non-qualification against Sanwo-Olu and his deputy.
“Though they were all pre-election matters, the appellants, PDP and its candidate, Adeniran, still failed to prove them.
“The appellants came empty-handed and left empty-handed. Their petition lacked merit and is dismissed,” the court ruled.
As at the time of this report, the court was delivering judgment in a similar appeal by Labour Party and its candidate for the election.
