The Lagos Appeal Court has thrown out the appeal of the PDP and its governorship candidate against the election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the APC gubernatorial candidate.

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The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has dismissed an appeal by the PDP and its Governorship Candidate for Lagos State, Abdulazeez Adediran, against re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat.

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The court upheld the Sept. 25 decision of the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal affirming the victory of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat in the March 18 governorship poll.

It held that the appellants failed to prove their allegations of forgery and non-qualification against Mr Sanwo-Olu and his deputy.

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“Though they were all pre-election matters, the appellants, PDP and its candidate, Adeniran, still failed to prove them.

“The appellants came empty-handed and left empty-handed.

“Their petition lacked merit and is dismissed,” the court held.
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