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Reports monitor in Akure by TNI indicates The five man appel panel of Judges led by Justice Mohammed
Gumel dismissed the petitions of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olusola Oke on the basis that they lacked merit.
In a unanimous judgment read by Justice Daniel Kalio, on the appeal of the PDP, the court ruled that the appellant was unable to prove how injections into the voters’ register affected the governorship election result.
The court thereby declared that it had no reason to distort the decision of the lower tribunal.
The appellants had appealed the ruling of an election tribunal which declared Mr. Mimiko of the Labour Party as the duly elected winner of last year’s governorship election in the state.
Governor Mimiko in his reaction to the judgment said the court has proved that the mandate given to him by the people of the state is beyond any reproach.
He thanked the people of the state and assured that the victory is a challenge for him and his deputy to continue working for them.
It was a moment of joy for the Labour Party in the state as top politicians including legislators, cabinet members and party officials joined the governor and his wife at the Government House to celebrate the victory.
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