Governorship Election: Tribunal Upholds Ajimobi’s Victory, Dismisses Ladoja’s Appeal

The five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan today
unanimously struck out the petition filed by  Rashidi Ladoja, the Oyo State governorship
candidate of the Accord Party.

Ladoja had approached the court to challenge the ruling of
the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan which upheld Gov.
Ajimobi’s victory on August, 18.

The tribunal had on Aug. 18 struck out an application filed
by Ladoja seeking the leave of the court to call in a forensic analyst to
tender the report made on the inspection of ballot papers and ballot boxes.

Ladoja had filed a petition challenging the declaration of
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of APC as the winner of the April 11 governorship election
in Oyo State.

But in the ruling, the court headed by Justice M. Saulawa
dismissed the entire case and upheld the ruling of the tribunal.

“Handing a different ruling will be an exercise in futility.

“The appeal is dismissed in its entirety and the ruling of
the lower tribunal on Aug. 18 is upheld,” Saulawa said.