The Court of Appeal on Election Petitions sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday, affirmed the re-election of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as duly elected Lagos State Governor and Obafemi Hamzat as Deputy Governor respectively.
In a unanimous decision, the appellate court also affirmed the decision of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which affirmed the victory of Sanwo-Olu on September 25.
The three-man panel affirmed the duo’s reelection after dismissing appeals filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Olajide Adeniran, a.k.a. Jandor.
The panel dismissed the appeal for being unmeritorious.
It held that the appellants failed to prove their allegations of forgery and non-qualification against Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat.
Dismissing Jandor’s appeal, the appellate court said, “Even though they were all pre-election matters, the appellants (PDP and Adeniran) still failed to prove them. The appellants came empty-handed and left empty-handed. They merely enjoyed their day in court. Their petition is hereby dismissed.”
At press time, the appellate is reading the judgment on the appeal filed by Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor.
