Court of Appeal Dismissed Ajimobi Petition
Former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has lost Appeal filed to challenge the ruling of Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the victory of Kola Balogun as the Senatorial Representative of Oyo South in the Assembly.
During the election, Mr Balogun polled a total of 105,720 votes to defect Mr Ajimobi who had 92,218 votes.
Delivering judgment, Justice Haruna Tsammani, dismissed Mr Ajimobi’s petition for lacking in merit.
The judge held that the petitioner did not have the right to raise the issue of non-qualification of the respondent based on the conduct of PDP primary.
He further held that a person that does not participate in a party primary does not have the right to challenge the outcome of the primary.
Mr Tsammani said a person is qualified to contest once such a person satisfied the condition of the party and INEC confirmed such a person.
