The supreme court, on Tuesday, January 24, affirmed Oladipupo Adebutu as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming governorship election in Ogun state.
The apex court held that only an aspirant that participated in a primary election conducted for the purpose of nominating candidates of a political party could lawfully challenge the outcome.
The court also dismissed the appeal that was lodged before it by an aggrieved governorship aspirant of the party in the state, Jimi Lawal.
Recall that Lawal, in 2022, challenged the list of delegates that was used in the conduct of the governorship primary election the party held in the state on May 25, 2022.
He argued that the list, which contained names of political appointees, was not in tandem with names of delegates that were democratically elected at the ward congresses.
The appellant, among other things, sought a court order to invalidate the outcome of the primary election and for an order to compel PDP to conduct a fresh election.
He further urged the court nullify the nomination of Adebutu’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), The Punch reports.
However, both the federal high court and the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal dismissed the case for want of merit.
Following the dismissal of Lawal’s case by the court of appeal, he headed to the supreme court.
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