The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor in Lagos, Abdul-azeez Adediran, on Monday, rejected the election petition tribunal’s decision confirming Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the state’s leader.
The tribunal rejected the claim made by Adediran, also known as Jandor, as meritless on Monday.
Jandor had argued in his motion, alongside his formal petition in which he challenged the return of Sanwo-Olu and his running mate, Obafemi Hamzat, in the March 18, 2023 governorship elections in Lagos State.
But Justice Mikhail Abdullahi held that Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Hamzat, were qualified to contest the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state under section 177 of the constitution.
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However, Adediran responded to the decision by claiming that the tribunal disregarded the convincing evidence that his legal team had produced regarding the non-qualification of candidates for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) in the election.
He said that the decision of the tribunal did not reflect the provisions of the constitution of Nigeria, assuring that “Lagos PDP will study the judgement and decide on the next step to be taken”.
“This is not the end of the electoral process, it is just another stage. We will study the judgement and take decisions in the best interest of Lagosians,” he said.
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