The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos and its governorship candidate during the March poll Olajide Adediran aka Jandor have resolved to challenge the Appeal Court’s ruling which affirmed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the election.
Lagos State PDP publicity secretary Hakeem Amode disclosed this to NAN on Monday.
According to him, justice has not been properly served in Jandor’s petitions against Sanwo-Olu’s re-election.
“We are challenging the ruling of the Appeal Court, affirming Sanwo-Olu as winner at the Supreme Court. In a couple of days, our petitions will get to the Supreme Court,” Amode said.
He added that justices of the Court of Appeal failed the party by not seeing the merit in Jandor’s petition.
“Looking at some of the Appeal Court’s rulings, there have been so many inconsistencies in its stands on pre-election matters.
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“We, as a party, feel justice is yet to be served in our petitions against the outcome of March 18 gubernatorial election in this state.
“We have a strong belief in the Supreme Court to look at the crux of the matter and make a statement that will serve as precedent.
“The party and our candidate are not deterred, we have reviewed the November 15 Appeal Court’s ruling and decided to pursue justice at the Supreme Court,” Amode said.
The Court of Appeal dismissed Jandor’s 34 grounds of appeal against Sanwo-Olu’s victory.
It held that the appellants failed to prove the allegation that Sanwo-Olu forged his West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) certificate.
