{"id":84118,"date":"2021-07-28T18:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84118"},"modified":"2021-07-28T18:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T17:06:18","slug":"breaking-scourt-upholds-akeredolus-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-scourt-upholds-akeredolus-election\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: S\u2019Court upholds Akeredolu\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1706540301044942424\" data-legacy-message-id=\"17aed95cb6ac0658\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":tb\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":ta\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">By a split decision of four-to-three, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Ondo State.<\/p>\n<p>In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, four of the seven-member panel, dismissed the appeal by Eyitayo Jegede and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the grounds that it was incompetent.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Agim upheld an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal, that the petition filed by Jegede and his party at the election tribunal was incompetent because they failed to include Yobe Governor and Chairman of ther Caretaker Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni as a party.<\/p>\n<p>In the minority judgment read by Justice Mary Peter-Odili, the court upheld the appeal and dismissed the cross appeal by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Akeredolu and the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Odili and two other members of the panel were of the view that since the APC, for which Buni acted, was a party in the case, there was no need to include him as a party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"ip iq\">\n<div id=\":tc\">\n<div class=\"pcrstb-wrap\"><table class=\"cf wS\" role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"amq\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\":nx_4\" class=\"ajn bofPge\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/AOh14GhgZZC4O2A1BkmyoCP8fZltBfcT0a4iDV4uz2uE=s40\" name=\":nx\" data-hovercard-id=\"benjamintosin@gmail.com\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"amr\">\n<div class=\"nr wR\">\n<div class=\"amn\"><span id=\":t5\" class=\"ams bkH\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Reply<\/span><span id=\":t6\" class=\"ams bkI\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Reply all<\/span><span id=\":t7\" class=\"ams bkG\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Forward<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>By a split decision of four-to-three, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Ondo State. 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