Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16, 2022.
At another primary, which was held on the same day at WOCDIF, Dotun Babayemi was declared the winner.
But INEC had, in a list of candidates later released, recognised Adeleke as the duly elected candidate to fly the flag of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state.
Dissatisfied, Babayemi took Adeleke, INEC and the national leadership of the PDP to court and asked the court to recognise his primary and declare him the candidate of the party.
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In his judgment, the trial judge, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, said Babayemi did not participate in the primary election organised by the national leadership of the party.
The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi seeking to be declared the candidate of PDP.
He nullified the primary election that produced Babayemi, which held at WOCDIF event center, Osogbo on March 8, 2022.
The judgement was delivered amidst heavy security and lasted for one hour 45 minutes.
Justice Emmanuel affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the valid elected PDP candidate for the poll.
Adeleke has described the victory as “a clarion call for a reunion in brotherhood for collective victory in July.”
He asked Babayemi and other aggrieved leaders of the party to bury their hatchets to enable the PDP to dislodge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
