The Supreme Court has affirmed the electoral victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi as the Governor of Ekiti State.
The court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel, held on Wednesday that the appeal by Segun Oni was statute barred.
Justice Amiru Sanusi, in the lead judgment, held that the case, being a pre-election one, was not commenced at the trial court, within the required time, as stipulated under the Forth Alteration Act.
Oni, an ex-Governor of Ekiti State had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the decision of a Federal High Court, to the effect that his (Oni’s) challenge of the eligibility of Dr Kayode Fayemi to contest the last governorship election in the state, was without merit.
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