Appeal Court: Adeleke qualified to contest Osun Gov polls

The court of Appeal in Abuja has ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke was qualified to contest the September 2018 governorship elections in Osun state.

The Three-man panel on Thursday gave the unanimous judgement, upholding Adeleke’s Appeals as well as that of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.

Justice Emmanuel Agim read the Appeal court ruling in Abuja and awarded the cost of N3m against the plaintiffs who instituted the suit before the FCT High Court – Wahab Raheem and Adam Habeeb – the respondents to the Appeals filed by Adeleke and PDP.

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Justice Agim held that by virtue of Section 177 of the Constitution, by merely writing the examination and without passing any paper, Adeleke was qualified to contest the governorship election.