The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed the judgment of the tribunal, confirming the return of Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat as the Governor and Deputy Governor of Lagos State.<\/p>\n
In March, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Lagos governorship election.<\/p>\n
Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat his close challenger, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP), who scored 312,329 votes. Abdulazeez Adediran, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came a distant third with 62,449 votes.<\/p>\n
Not satisfied, the LP and PDP candidates approached the Lagos State Election Petitions Tribunal to nullify Sanwo-Olu\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n
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In its ruling on September 25, the tribunal dismissed Adediran and Rhodes-Vivour\u2019s suit seeking to nullify the victory of Sanwo-Olu at the poll.<\/p>\n
Displeased with the verdict, on October 13, Jandor filed 34 grounds of appeal challenging the judgment of the tribunal.<\/p>\n
Ruling on the appeal on Wednesday, the appellate court dismissed the suit filed by the Labour Party\u2019s governorship candidate for lacking in merit.<\/p>\n
In a unanimous decision, the three-man pane led by Justice by Justice Yargata Nimpa affirmed Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat as Governor and Deputy Governor of Lagos State.<\/p>\n
The other two justices on the panel are Justice Samuel Bola and Justice Paul Bassey.<\/p>\n
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