Osun poll: Appeal court upholds Adeleke’s candidacy

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On Wednesday, an Akure Court of Appeal in Ondo State capital upheld the judgment of the lower court, which affirmed that Ademola Adeleke, the State Governor-elect as the candidate of the PDP for last Saturday’s governorship election.

Dotun Babayemi of the PDP had contested the primaries at the High Court. He challenged the validity of the primary held by the party’s national leadership but lost the case.

After the judgment, Babayemi was not satisfied with the judgment; he took the case to the appeal court to challenge the ruling. However, the appeal court struck out the appeal on Wednesday.

Before the July 16 governorship election, Osun State, Babayemi took Adeleke to a federal high court in Osogbo, asking the court to declare him as the PDP candidate for the just concluded election.

Babayemi and Adeleke’s party factions conducted separate governorship primaries on March 8, 2021. Babayemi was declared the primary winner held at the Children and Women Development Centre in Osogbo.

On the other hand, Adeleke emerged as the party’s candidate at the primary election held at Osogbo City Stadium, which qualified him to be the party’s guber flag bearer.

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