Aregbesola home free, as S’Court dismisses Omisore’s appeal

The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Governor Rauf Aregbesola as winner of the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State.

The seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Fabiyi, dismissed the appeal of the PDP candidate, Iyiola Omisore, and affirmed the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal in Akure‎ and the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal, which had both affirmed Aregbesola the winner of the election.

 Justice C.C Nweze, who read the lead judgment, resolved six out of the seven issues formulated by the appellant against him.

 Only one was resolved in his favour and against the respondents.

 The seven-man panel unanimously held that the appeal lacked merit and was bound to be dismissed.

 Omisore, who was personally present in court during the hearing, urged the apex court through his counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), ‎to set aside the concurrent judgments of the two lower courts.

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