By Valentine Amanze, Lagos
Appeal Court on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, disqualified Jimoh Ibrahim from being the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria.
With the verdict, Eyitayo Jegede becomes the authentic candidate for PDP in the election.
It would be recalled that
the Supreme Court struck out stay of execution motions filed by Biyi Poroye and ordered the Appeal Court to go ahead with ruling on the case between Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim. The Supreme Court said that there was no way it could stop the second panel from ruling on the case between Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim after the first panel stepped down.
Supreme Court justice, Walter Onnoghen, told Poroye’s counsel, Beluolisa Nwofor: “Tell us where in the constitution why we should punish those justices. You can’t box the lower court into a corner and be asking the Supreme Court for withdrawal of motions.
“Will angels come down to adjudicate your case after you blackmailed the first panel and also raised eyebrow against the second panel?”
Justice Onnoghen, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, who presided over the proceedings dismissed Poroye’s motions and awarded a cost of N250,000 against him.