Just in: Supreme Court Takes Action on Suit Seeking to Sack Ogun Gov Abiodun

• The Supreme Court has heard the case of parties in the sacking of Governor Dapo Abiodun and has reserved its judgment
• Oladipupo Adebutu, the candidate of the PDP, is challenging the victory of Governor Abiodun in the March 18 governorship election
• Adebutu and the PDP lost to the APC and Governor Abiodun at the Court of Appeal and the Ogun state governorship election petition tribunal

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Abeokuta, Ogun - The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the suit seeking to sack Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state.

Oladipupo Adebutu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 governorship election in the state, was appealing the ruling of the majority of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the victory of Abiodun in the election, Channels reported.

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The adjournment for the judgment was done by Justice John Okoro, the lead of the five-member panel after parties in the suit concluded their argument and adopted the processes.

Adebutu and the PDP are asking the court to set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal because the elections were initially cancelled in 99 polling units by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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They argued that INEC had already ordered a fresh election to be conducted in the affected polling units.

But then the electoral body declared Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the poll winner without recourse to the margin of the votes.

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The opposition argued that Abiodun had won 13,000 votes and the votes from the cancelled polling units were over 44,000.

Governor Abiodun had defeated Adebutu and the PDP at the Court of Appeal and affirmed his victory at the Ogun state governorship election petition tribunal.

Supreme Court affirms Eno as Akwa Ibom Governor

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Supreme Court had upheld the victory of Governor Ume Eno of the PDP in the Akwa-Ibom state governorship election.

In a judgment on Thursday, the court ruled that the governor was validly elected in the 2023 election.

The court then dismissed the appeal of the APC, NNPP and YPP, challenging the governor's qualification in the election.

Source: Legit.ng