Appeal Court Sacks Kashamu As PDP Governorship Candidate In Ogun

The Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court has sacked Sen. Buruji Kashamu
and other ‘candidates’ in the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the Ogun State
PDP, leaving Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the
party’s primaries as the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019
election.

The judgement was delivered today, Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

The
three-man appeal panel set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court
in Abeokuta which threw up Kashamu and his factional members as the
authentic PDP candidates.

The panel headed by Justice A. B. Bada,
resolved the four issues raised for determination in the appeal in
favour of the PDP, saying the appellants were not properly served in the
case at the lower court which breached their rights to fair hearing.

Both Justices Bada and N. Okoronkwo agreed with Justice H. S. Samani who read the lead judgment.

The
judgment is expected to have removed the cloud over governorship
candidates of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the National Assembly and Ogun
State House of Assembly candidates for the 2019 election.

The PDP
had dragged the Adedayo Bayo-led faction to the appellate court to
challenge the lower court judgment which threw up its candidates. They
prayed the court to set aside the judgment on the grounds that they were
not properly served before judgment was delivered and that the lower
court judge was wrong in his judgment.