Victory As Supreme Court Affirms Sanwo-Olu’s Victory As Lagos State Governor

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the selection of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor of Lagos State.
Justice Garba Lawal, who read out the main judgment, dismissed the appeal of Labor Party candidate, LP Gbadebo Rose Bivour.

Mr Sanwo-Olu had earlier asked the Supreme Court to dismiss his appeal against his victory in the February 25 gubernatorial election.

Rhodes Vivour and the People’s Democratic Party and its candidate Abdulzees Adiran contested Sanwo-Olu’s victory.

The LP asked the Supreme Court to declare the March 18 election marred by fraud and violations of electoral law, adding that Lieutenant Governor Obafemi Hamzat had no standing to contest the election. Similarly, Adiran filed 34 grounds of appeal asking the Supreme Court to set aside the judgments of the Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal and the Court of Appeal.

However, Sanwo-Olu’s lawyer, Nasu Ogunsakin, told the court that the applicants had not presented any evidence to support their claims and that the witnesses presented were incompetent.