Jandor said his request was in line with a directive of president of the Court of Appeal, Dongban-Mensem, allowing transfer of some appeals.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State PDP governorship candidate in the March 18 election, Abdul-Azeez Adediran better known as Jandor, has written to president of the Court of Appeal, seeking transfer of his appeal against the verdict of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The tribunal headed by Justice Arum Ashom dismissed Jandor’s petition and upheld re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The PDP candidate, consequently, challenged the verdict at the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal.
In a statement on Monday signed by the head of his media and communication team, Mr Ogunleye, Jandor prayed the Court of Appeal president to transfer the case to Abuja.
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“Adediran, the first petitioner in the Appeal case numbered CA/L/EP/GOV/29/2023, hereby requests for the transfer from Lagos Division to Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal for fairness, objectivity,’’ he said.
Jandor said his request was in line with a directive of president of the Court of Appeal, Dongban-Mensem, allowing transfer of some appeals.
He noted that Dongban-Mensem allowed transfer of appeals in 17 states in the southern Nigeria to the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal.
He prayed for transfer of his appeal to the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal.
“This transfer will safeguard neutrality, equity and discourage interference,’’ he said.
