The Supreme Court has upheld the election of David Olumide Aderonokin, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for the Ogun State Central Senatorial District in the forthcoming general elections. The apex court on Thursday gave the judgment on the disputed primary election that took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in the state on May 23, 2022.
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The apex court on Thursday gave the judgment on the disputed primary election that took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in the state on May 23, 2022. Oduntan, who did not accept the judgement of the Federal High Court, appealed the matter to the Court of Appeal Ibadan division and on December 9, 2022, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment of the lower court.
At the Supreme Court, the appellant and the respondents exchanged their briefs with the 3rd respondent - Adenorokin filing a Notice of Preliminary Objection challenging the competence of the appellant's appeal on the ground that the suit had become statute barred and academic since the 180 days within which the trial court could hear the case on the merit had lapsed the Supreme Court could no longer invoke its original jurisdiction under Section 22 of the Supreme Court Act to hear same as...
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