The Supreme Court has affirmed Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the Governor of Ondo State.
The Supreme Court in 4 to 3 Judgment dismissed the appeal filed by the PDP and its candidate Eyitayo Jegede against the election of Rotimi Akeredolu in October 2020.
In a Majority Judgment, the Apex court held that it is not in dispute that Governor Buni is the acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress in breach of section 183 of the constitution.
The appeal was based on the ground that Mai Mala Buni was holding position as the acting chairman of APC while he was also a governor.
Governor Buni was not made a party as he was the center of the issue.
The governor who was alleged to have breach the constitution ought to have been made a party in the petition to answer to the allegations.
The apex court said Jegede, the PDP should have joined the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni in their case.
The court affirmed the decision of the lower court which had earlier dismissed Mr Jegede’s Petition for lack of merit.
In a dissenting judgment, Justice Mary Odili held that the APC submitted the name of Rotimi Akeredolu to INEC through its nomination form signed by Governor Buni who is a sitting governor of Yobe State.
