{"id":110094,"date":"2024-01-12T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110094"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:08:46","slug":"breaking-supreme-court-affirms-sanwo-olus-election-as-gov-of-lagos-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-sanwo-olus-election-as-gov-of-lagos-state\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Sanwo-Olu\u2019s election as Gov of Lagos State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1787879446067456823\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the earlier verdict of the Appeal Court\u00a0 that Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the duly elected Governor of Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nJustice Garba Lawal who read the lead judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who came second.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSanwo-Olu had earlier asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeals against his victory in the March 18, 2023 governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes-Vivour, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Abdulazeez Adediran, had approached the apex court to challenge Sanwo-Olu\u2019s victory in the election.<\/p>\n<p>The LP urged the Supreme Court to hold that the March 18 election was marred by irregularities and non-compliance with the Electoral Act, adding that Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat was not qualified to contest the election.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Adediran filed 34 grounds of appeal, asking the apex court to upturn the verdict of the Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>But counsel to Sanwo-Olu, Nas Ogunsakin, informed the court that the applicants did not present evidence to support their claims and that the witnesses brought were incompetent.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the earlier verdict of the Appeal Court\u00a0 that Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the duly elected Governor of Lagos State. 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