S/Court orders fresh hearing of suit against Adebutu

The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division which reversed an earlier judgment of the Federal High Court, in favour of a factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu.

The apex court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, affirmed the decision of the Appellate court directing the Federal High Court to hear the suit afresh on its merit.

A three-member panel of Justices of the appellate Court held that Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja was wrong to have declined jurisdiction to entertain a suit by Jimi Adebisi Lawal, wherein he challenged the PDP’s utilisation of a delegates’ list, in the conduct of the governorship primary election on May 25, 2022, as against the list of delegates, who were democratically elected for that purpose at the ward congresses.

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