The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, LP, against Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, for lacking in merit.
Justice Garba Lawal prepared and read the lead judgment in the Lagos State governorship dispute.
Other justices, who made up the panel for Lagos are Justices Inyang Okoro, Emmanuel Agim, Uwani Abba-aji and Adamu Jauro.
It is a unanimous decision.
They said the petition was a gross abuse of court process.
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Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated the candidates of the LP, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and PDP’s Azeez Adediran, to win the governorship election.
Displeased with the outcome of the election, the LP and PDP candidate challenged Sanwo-Olu’s victory at the tribunal.
The tribunal dismissed their petitions for lacking in merit.
Challenging the decision at the Court of Appeal, Adediran filed 34 grounds of appeal, while Rhodes-Vivour filed 21.
The appeals were also dismissed.
The two candidates appealed against the appellate court’s judgment and asked the apex court to vacate the order.
Source: NAN
