Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 governorship election, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olajide Adediran and his party have filed an appeal challenging the September 25, 2023, ruling of the State Election Petition Tribunal.
Adediran in the appeal expressed dissatisfaction with the tribunal’s judgment, asking the Court of Appeal to set it aside.
In his notice of appeal, he said that the state Election Petitions Tribunal erred in law and reached a wrong conclusion when it dismissed the petition he lodged to challenge the qualifications of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was announced as the winner of the election.
He also faulted the tribunal for striking out his petition against Mr. Gbedebo Rhodes-Vivour, the candidate of the Labour Party in the election.
Adediran and his political party reiterated that their petitions, asking for the disqualification of APC and Labour Party candidates, are premised on the provision of Section 177(c) and 182(1)(j) of the constitution of the Federal Republic Nigeria, which are constitutional grounds for qualification and disqualification for the office of Governor in Nigeria and supported by section 134(1) and 134(3) of the Electoral Act 2022.
