The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ikeja, granted leave to Jandor, for substituted service of an election petition on Sanwo-Olu.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu won his re-election bid in the March 18 gubernatorial election.
However, some of his opponents are not satisfied with his victory and they are ready to challenge it.
His opposition in the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour was recently granted permission to serve the petition, challenging his victory through substituted means.
Also, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Azeez Adediran who is popularly known as Jandor has been granted similar permission.
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ikeja granted leave to Jandor, for substituted service of an election petition on Sanwo-Olu.
The Tribunal also granted that Jandor should serve Mr. Rhodes-Vivour in the same way.
The Petition
The respondents in the petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Governor of Lagos, his deputy, Dr. Hamzat Obafemi; APC, Rhodes-Vivour, and LP.
Jandor, the PDP through their counsel, Mr. Austin Akpomreta, had told the Tribunal that he was unable to effect personal service of the petition on Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, and Rhodes-Vivour.
Also, he said the respondents were not physically present to receive the court process.
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Therefore, Jandor asked the court to grant him leave to serve the petition and other processes through substituted means.
The Tribunal granted all the reliefs in the petition.
In their petition, Jandor and PDP claim that Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Hamzat, were, at the time of the election, not qualified to contest.
Also, they submitted that Rhodes-Vivour, declared by INEC to have scored the second-highest number of votes at the February 25 gubernatorial election, was, at the time of the election, also not qualified to contest.
Therefore, the PDP governorship candidate is calling for the disqualification of Sanwo-Olu and Rhodes-Vivour for non-compliance with the 2022 Electoral Act.
