BREAKING: Appeal Court declares Ladi Adebutu as authentic PDP governorship candidate in Ogun

The court of  Appeal Court  sitting in  Ibadan, Oyo State has declares Ladi Adebutu as authentic PDP governorship candidate in Ogun State sets aside High Court order making Buruji Kashamu candidate

In the suit filed by the Ladi Adebutu faction of the party has won the case on Tuesday, as the appeal court set aside the orders of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, which ruled in favour of the Kashamu faction.

On October 2, the Federal high court in Abeokuta had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and process the list of candidates and delegates submitted to it by the faction of Kashamu.

This was disclosed by the PDP’s spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan.

“Appeal Court declares Ladi Adebutu as authentic @OfficialPDPNig governorship candidate in Ogun State, sets aside High Court order making Buruji Kashamu candidate,” Ologbondiyan tweeted.

The Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court has sacked Sen. Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Adebayo Dayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP, leaving Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries as the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 election.

The judgement was delivered today, Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

The three-man appeal panel set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abeokuta which threw up Kashamu and his factional members as the authentic PDP candidates.

The panel headed by Justice A. B. Bada, resolved the four issues raised for determination in the appeal in favour of the PDP, saying the appellants were not properly served in the case at the lower court which breached their rights to fair hearing.

Both Justices Bada and N. Okoronkwo agreed with Justice H. S. Samani who read the lead judgment.

The judgment is expected to have removed the cloud over governorship candidates of Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and the National Assembly and Ogun State House of Assembly candidates for the 2019 election.

The PDP had dragged the Adedayo Bayo-led faction to the appellate court to challenge the lower court judgment which threw up its candidates. They prayed the court to set aside the judgment on the grounds that they were not properly served before judgment was delivered and that the lower court judge was wrong in his judgment.

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