Supreme Court asked to invalidate Gov Abiodun’s election

The Labour Party in Ogun State and its governorship candidate, Ms Modupeola Sanyaolu had dragged the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun to the Supreme Court in Abuja.


Joined in the suit are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Ogun State Resident Electoral Commission (REC).


The Labour Party is challenging the exclusion of its name and Logo from the ballot papers used for the March 9 governorship election in Ogun State.


In an appeal marked CA/IB /EPT/OG/GOV/07/2019 and Supreme Court appeal number SC1088/2019, the party is asking the apex court to invalidate the election of Dapo Abiodun held on March 9, 2019.


The party had approached the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, dismissed its applications against the judgment of the Ogun State governorship election petition tribunal delivered on June 21, 2019.


Speaking with newsmen, the Ogun State Chairman of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi said, “with this event now, the first respondent Prince Dapo Abiodun; the second respondent, the APC and the third and fourth respondents INEC and Ogun REC are now to prepare for another round of litigation in Abuja.


“Where the pendulum of justice will swing is the prerogative of the learned justices of the Supreme Court.


“The Labour Party by this action seems more determined to get justice.”