SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU LADOJA V. SENATOR ABIOLAADEYEMI AJIMOBI ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC) INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCORD AND ACCORD V. SENATOR ABIOLAADEYEMI AJIMOBI ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC) INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU LADOJA AND ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS V. SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU LADOJA SENATOR ABIOLAADEYEMI AJIMOBI INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCORD AND SENATOR ABIOLAADEYEMI AJIMOBI V. SENATOR RASHIDI ADEWOLU LADOJA ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC) INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCORD
(2016) JELR 51707 (SC)
Supreme Court
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15 Feb 2016
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Nigeria
Coram
WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN JSC (Presided) NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTAJSC MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI JSC MUSADATTIJO MUHAMMAD JSC CLARABATA OGUNBIYI JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) JOHN INYANG OKORO JSC AMIRU SANUSI
Appearances
Aderemi Olatubora - for the Appellant in SC.12A/16 and 1st to 4th Cross Respondents in SC.12/2016.
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Wole Aina Esq. (with him Oluwole Ilori Esq, Ifeoluwa Ajani (Miss) and Akinsola Olujinmi Esq. - for the 1st Cross Appellant.
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Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour (with her, Anthony Onwaeze
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Esq.) - for the 2nd Cross Appellant.
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Olabode Olanipekun (with him, Bolarinwa Awujoola,
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Vanessa Onyemauwa, Tolulope Adetomiwa, Adebayo Majekolagbe and Madu Gadzama) - for the 1st Respondent. Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu Esq., SAN (with him, Babatunde
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A. Aiku SAN, Kolawole Esan Esq., Iyiola Oladokun Esq., Bola Alabi Esq., Tosin Oke (Miss) and Stephen O. Kanu Esq.)
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- for the 2nd Respondent
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Prof. Wahab Egbewole (with him, Ayo Olarenwaju, Esq., Adeboye Sobanjo, Esq., Mobolaji Ojibara, Esq., T. N.
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Alatise, Esq., C. N. Akuneto, Esq., and Adaobi Ike, Esq.) -
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for the 3rd Respondent.
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Mr. LawalAdebayo Adeleke (with him, M. O. Aderomi Esq. and Dr. Nureni Adeniran) - for the 4th Respondent in
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E SC.12A/2016 .
Judgement
OGUNBIYI JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This court heard the appeals and cross-appeals in the substantive appeals above listed on 2 February 2016. Judgment therein were delivered whereby the cross-appeals in SC.12/2016 were al owed, following which the rulings of the lower court dismissing the objection of the cross-appellants therein were set aside. Consequently, appeal No. CA/IB/EPT/GOV/31/2015, filed by Senator R. A. Ladoja in the lower court was dismissed for being an abuse of court process. In the same judgment, the court also dismissed the surviving appeal No. SC/12A /2016 for lack of any merit and the reason for the judgment was adjourned to 15 February 2016, the reasons are set out hereunder.
Governorship election was held in Oyo State of Nigeria on 11 April 2015. In the said election, the 4th respondent, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja was the candidate of the appellant, A Accord. Whilst the 1st respondent, Senator Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi was the candidate of the 2nd resp…
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