SUPREME COURT: 48 HOURS AFTER AMOSUN’S ABSORPTION INTO ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, AKINLADE FINALLY LOSES BID TO BECOME GOVERNOR

The former Governor is said to be the sponsor of the suit, following his face off with his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership which led to his suspension, but recently forgiven and re-absorbed with an advice that he should mend fences with the party hierarchy from the ward level.

However, the court in the case between Governor Dapo Abiodun of  All Progressives Congress(APC) and Adekunle Akinlade of Allied Peoples Movement(APM) said  the applicant,(Akinlade)  failed to prove his allegation against the Governor.

Penpushing further reports that, Justice Dattijo Mohammed in a judgement read said the applicants did not prove their allegation of non-compliance to the electoral laws, adding, “there is a failure to establish the substance of the alleged non-compliance,”

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State  while reacting to the judgement  described the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed the victory of  Dapo Abiodun as a validation of the popular saying that “when God  says yes, no man can say no”.

Penpushing also reports that,the party in a press statement  shortly after the Supreme court verdict, which was  signed by its Publicity Secretary , Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye, said the verdict of “the Supreme Court, which was in concurrence with the earlier judgements of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and that of the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, was a reaffirmation that  Dapo Abiodun is God’s project”

“To us as a party, despite the harassment, violence and boasts of men, God spoke on March 9, 2019, the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court,  has spoken today, therefore the  needless distraction arising from day-dreaming litigations and court-shopping syndrome has been finally and permanently buried; and our Governor can now squarely face the business of governance in the execution of mandate freely given to him by the good people of Ogun State.”

“We had maintained right from the onset that Prince Dapo Abiodun’s clear victory at the election was a divine mandate and a true reflection of the choice of the good people of Ogun State. The Chairman of the Election Petition Tribunal, in a unanimous judgment described the Petition of our opponent and his mushroom party as “destined to fail”; the Court of Appeal in a unanimous said it “lacked merit”; and the Supreme Court concurred with the judgement of the lower courts.

“We congratulate Prince Dapo Abiodun, the entire members of our party at all levels, we thank our leaders at the nationa level and we urge all genuine lovers of development in our dear Ogun State to join hands with the  Omoluwabi Governor in taking the State to greater heights”