Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, is the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the March 18 election and was referred to as a “busybody” by the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday.
According to the tribunal’s ruling on Jandor’s appeal, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was not duly nominated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and was therefore unable to run for office.
The tribunal claims that because the petition relates to the run-up to an election, it is outside of its purview.
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The petition did not fall under the provisions of sections 177 and 182 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended), according to Justice Mikail Abdullahi, who spoke on behalf of the other panel members. As a result, the tribunal lacks the authority to consider such concerns because they are solely internal to the parties involved.
According to Justice Abdullahi, only a party member—not a “busybody,” as Jandor claims—can lodge such an objection.
“Only an aspirant or member of a political party can complain about the outcome of the party’s primary, not a busybody like the petitioner,” he held.
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Meanwhile, as previously reported by Newsmen, the Tribunal ultimately upheld Sanwo-Olu’s victory as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and dismissed the petitions filed by Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party (LP).
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