The Supreme Court, in seperate judgements, Tuesday affirmed the election victory of Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Sen Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State in the April 11, 2015 governorship elections.
In Delta, a unanimous decision of the seven-man panel of justices headed by Justice Walter Onnoghen, dismissed the appeal filed by Chief Great Ogboru of Labour Party and Olorogun O’tega Emerhor of All Progressives Congress (APC) on grounds that they lacked merit.
In Oyo, the apex court dismissed the appeal by Rasheed Ladoja of the Accord Party, challenging Ajimobi’s victory in the election.
Justice Clara Binta Ogunbiyi who delivered the judgement, held that Ladoja’s appeal before the court lacked merit and constituted gross abuse of court process.
In Yobe, affirming the election of Governor Gaidam, Justice Mary Peter Odili held that the appeal challenging Gaidam’s election brought before the court by Adamu Maina Waziri of the PDP lacked merit and was accordingly dismissed.
The tribunal earlier in October in Abuja dismissed the petition of the opposition candidate, Waziri for its inability to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there were electoral malpractices in the April 2015 governorship poll in Yobe State.
The court also reserved reasons for all the judgments till Monday February 15, 2016.
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