House of Reps: Adefarati gets Certificate of Return two months after election
Gboyega Adefarati, son of the outmoded governor of Ondo Notify, Adebayo Adefarati, has been given his Certificate of Return by the Goal National Electoral Commission, INEC, two months after successful the seat of Akoko South East /South West federal constituency.
Adefarati’s victory used to be recognised after the Court docket of Appeal upheld his election.
The Certificate of Return used to be presented on Wednesday by the INEC National Commissioner, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, at the commissions National Headquarters, Abuja.
Recall that Adefarati used to be affirmed because the social gathering’s nominee for the House of Representatives by the Court docket of Appeal.
The Court docket, which dominated unanimously that the lower courtroom erred in invalidating the APC main that named Adefarati the winner, licensed the APC candidate because the social gathering’s nominee.
A Federal Excessive Court docket had nullified the predominant that produced Adefarati as winner.
Following the enhance, Adefarati approached the Appeal Court docket to advise the resolution.
The Appeal Court docket, nonetheless, over dominated the lower courtroom in a unanimous judgement, delivered by Justice Yusuf Bashir, stressing that it lacked jurisdiction, that the originating summon used to be not successfully signed.
Adefarati, polled 25,872 votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Fetch together (PDP) candidate Gbenga Kolawole, who scored 18,403 votes.
