The Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Thursday floored his contender, Dotun Babayemi, who challenged his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election which was held on July 16.
Babayemi had prayed the Apex Court to set aside the decisions of the lower courts and declare him as the PDP candidate for the July 16, 2023 governorship election in Osun State. The five-member Justices of the apex court, presided over by Justices Amina Augie held that the appeal, as filed by the appellant was filed out of time as a pre-election matter is time-bound.
While stating that “a pre-election matter has a period of 14 days, and like a rock of Gibraltar, cannot be moved”, the court added that there was nothing before the court to invoke its jurisdiction Efforts by counsel to the appellant, Adebayo Adelodun (SAN) to convince the panel to take a look at the merits of the appeal proved abortive as the court held that it lacks jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The Appeal, having been withdrawn by the counsel to the appellant, the court consequently dismissed it.
