The Labour Party and its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, have been disqualified from the petition against the most recent governorship election filed by Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In the March 18 governor’s election in Lagos State, Jandor is opposing the re-election of Babajide SanwoOlu and Obafemi Hamzat.
The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Arum Ashom, announced that all attorneys and parties in the case would be present at Monday’s proceeding shortly after that. He then said that the court would first rule on the PDP & its candidate’s case before ruling on the petition of Labour Party candidate for governor, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.
Justice Ashom also gave the floor to his brother, Justice Mikail Abdullahi, who read the panel’s decision aloud.
Justice Igho Braimoh is the third judge on the bench.
The tribunal initially addressed the parties’ initial objections in its ruling, which was read by Justice Abdullahi.
First, it is questioned whether Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the second respondent, and Obafemi Hamzat, the third respondent and deputy governor of Lagos, are different and distinct candidates. The deputy governor might be included as a respondent in the petition, and the tribunal was requested to rule on it as well.
