Tribunal grants Jandor substituted service on Sanwo-Olu, Rhodes-Vivour
By Adenike Ayodele
Lagos Snort Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has granted journey away to the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate for the articulate, Dr Azeez Adediran (alias Jandor), for substituted provider of an election petition on the articulate Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The tribunal also granted that Adediran might well maybe respect to achieve the same for Labour Occasion’s Gubernatorial Candidate for the articulate, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
The respondents within the petition numbered EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 are Self ample Nationwide Electoral Commission (INEC), Sanwo-Olu, Sanwo-Olu’s Deputy, Dr Hamzat Obafemi; APC, Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Occasion (LP).
Adediran and his salvage collectively, PDP, thru their counsel, Mr Austin Akpomreta, had told the tribunal that he was as soon as unable to invent non-public provider of the petition on Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, and Rhodes-Vivour.
He mentioned that the respondents were now not bodily most modern to obtain the court docket course of.
Adediran prayed the court docket to grant him journey away to abet the petition and other processes on the governor and his deputy thru any officer or the secretary of APC in its Lagos Snort Secretariat at No. 151, Acme Avenue, Ikeja.
He also prayed the court docket to grant him journey away to abet the petition and other processes on Rhodes-Vivour thru any officer or secretary of LP in its Lagos Snort Secretariat at No. 59, Oduduwa Method, GRA, Lagos.
The tribunal granted the total reliefs.
In the petition, Adediran and PDP claimed that Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Hamzat, were, on the time of the election, now not certified to contest.
Adediran and PDP also submitted that Rhodes-Vivour, declared by INEC to respect scored the 2nd-top seemingly substitute of votes on the Feb. 25 gubernatorial election, was as soon as, on the time of the election, also now not certified to contest.
The PDP governorship candidate known as for the disqualification of Sanwo-Olu and Rhodes-Vivour within the election for non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s pointers.
Adediran and PDP also requested that one and all votes forged for the two candidates within the election must be declared wasted.
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