JUST IN: Supreme Court Affirms Adeleke As PDP Governorship Candidate

Supreme Court has affirmed the Governor-elect of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the gubernatorial election that held in the state on July 16.

Gatekeepers News reports that the apex court, on Thursday, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of justices, dismisses an appeal that was lodged against Adeleke by Dotun Babayemi.

Babayemi had laid claim to the governorship ticket of the PDP, having emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the state.

Counsel to the Appellant, Adebayo Adelodun, SAN, withdrew the appeal after the panel led by Justice Amina Augie, drew his attention to the fact that the case was statute barred.

The panel had maintained that the appeal was incompetent, adding that it was filed outside the 14 days period provided by the law.