Court declares Jimi Lawal authentic Ogun ADC governorship candidate

A Federal High Court sitting successful Abeokuta, Ogun State, connected Thursday declared Jimi Adebisi Lawal arsenic the authentic governorship campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for the forthcoming Ogun State governorship election.

The judgment, delivered by Justice Abiodun Adeyemi, resolved the protracted enactment and candidature quality that had divided the enactment into rival factions, each laying assertion to the governorship ticket.

Lawal, a adjacent subordinate of erstwhile Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, secured the ineligible triumph aft the tribunal held that his emergence arsenic the party’s campaigner complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act and the ADC constitution.

The suit, marked FHC/AB/CS/97/2026, challenged the legitimacy of the governorship superior that produced aggregate factional candidates.

In his judgment, Justice Adeyemi ruled that the superior predetermination which produced Lawal was validly conducted and duly monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The tribunal held that the workout complied with each statutory requirements and remained the lone lawful governorship superior recognised nether the law.

Consequently, the tribunal declared Lawal the authentic governorship campaigner of the ADC successful Ogun State and directed INEC to a...