A Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has cleared the candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Ogo Oluwa/Surulere Federal Constituency, Mr. Adesoji Adedeji, to contest Saturday’s election.
Justice Uche Nma Agomoh on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and three others seeking the order of the court to disqualify Adedeji from participating in the election.
In the suit filed on September 30, 2022, APC alongside other plaintiffs, namely Ajani Josiah, Chief Adewale Sunday and Adesiyan Semiu claimed that Adedeji was nominated by both LP and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in violation of sections 30, 34 and 35 of the Electoral Act.
They asked the court for an order to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bar Adedeji from participating in Saturday’s election, having been purportedly nominated by two parties.
But delivering judgment, Justice Agomoh said there was no evidence before the court to support the case of the plaintiffs and consequently dismissed the case for being academic, stale and lacking in merit.
Justice Agomoh awarded N100, 000 against APC to be paid N50, 000 each to Adedeji’s counsel, Sunday Aborisade and the lawyer for Labour Party, Kehinde Yekini.
The court cleared Adedeji to contest in Saturday’s election, having been validly nominated by the LP.