The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismisses suit by Segun Oni against the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi and upheld the latter’s victory.
The court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel, held that the appeal by Oni, was statute barred.
According
to Justice Amiru Sanusi, in the lead judgment, the case, being a
pre-election one, was not commenced at the trial court, within the
required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration Act.
Oni,
an ex-Governor of Ekiti State had appealed the judgment of the Court of
Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court, to the
effect that his (Oni’s) challenge of Fayemi’s eligibility to contest the
last governorship election in the state, was without merit.
Source:- Pmnewnigeria
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