The Supreme Court has affirmed the Governor-elect of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the gubernatorial election that held in the state on July 16.
Thelagostimes gathered that the apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of justices, dismissed an appeal that was lodged against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi who laid claim to governorship ticket of the PDP, having emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the state.
Babayemi had asked the court to invalidate the primary election that produced the governor-elect, citing non-compliance with a court order.
In his judgment on the matter, on May 18, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of a Federal High Court, Osogbo, had upheld the governorship primary that produced Adeleke.
Also, the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, in its judgment of July 20 on the appeal filed against the decision of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, had aligned with the lower court and dismissed Babayemi’s appeal.