The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Agboola Ajayi, challenging the competence of the joint ticket of Lucky Aitedatiwa and his running mate , Olayide Adelami in the last governorship election in Ondo State.
In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, a five-member panel, presided over by Justice Mohammed Garba held that the appeal lack merit and that the appellants lacked the locus standi to query Adelami’s nomination.
The court also awarded N8million against the PDP and Ajayi, at N2m each for the four respondents: Adelami, Aitedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress ,APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC.
Daily Intel recalls that the PDP and Ajayi had in their suit claimed that Adelami presented forged West African Examination Council ,WAEC, certificate to INEC and that he equally possessed multiple identities.
They consequently prayed the court to declare that Adelami was not qualified to contest the election by virtue of the alleged forged certificate.
They urged the court to void the joint ticket on which Aitedatiwa and Adelami contested the election on the platform of the APC.
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