The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel
of justices, dismisses an appeal that was lodged against Adeleke by Prince
Dotun Babayemi who laid claim to governorship ticket of the PDP, having emerged
from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the
state.
Counsel to the Appellant, Mr. Adebayo Adelodun, SAN,
withdrew the appeal after the panel led by Justice Amina Augie, drew his
attention to the fact that the case was statute barred.
The panel had maintained that the appeal was incompetent,
stressing that it was filed outside the 14 days period provided by the law.