Tribunal orders substituted service on Lagos gov, Sanwo-Olu
Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Knut Eiliv Lein (left); Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during a courtesy visit to the governor at the Lagos House, Marina…yesterday.
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted an ex-parte motion brought before it by Labour Party’s (LP) gubernatorial candidate, Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour, for a substituted service on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Rhodes-Vivour and the LP, through their counsel, Olagbade Benson, had informed the tribunal that Sanwo-Olu evaded service of the petition on him by the court’s bailiff.
They alleged that Sanwo-Olu refused to collect the document from the bailiff when the court official got to his office to serve him.
In the petition marked EPT/LAG/GOV/04/2023, they are praying the court to grant them leave to serve the petition and other processes on the governor and his deputy through substituted means, by posting same via DHL courier services or any other recognised courier service company, to the respondent’s official residence at Lagos House, Marina, Lagos.
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