victory of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who was returned winner of the
April 11, 2015 poll in Lagos State by the Independent National
Electoral Commission.
The three-man tribunal, led by Justice Muhammad Sirajo, dismissed the
petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Jimi
Agbaje, seeking nullification of Ambode's victory.
Ambode polled 811,994 votes ahead of his strongest contender, Agbaje,
who polled 659,788 votes to emerge the first runner-up.
But Agbaje and the PDP had approached the tribunal claiming that the
April 11, 2015 governorship poll in Lagos State was conducted in
breach of the INEC's specified guidelines, adding that the said
election was fraught with irregularities.
But the tribunal on Wednesday, in a ruling on the consolidated
preliminary objection of Ambode and his party, the All Progressives
Congress, against the case of the petition, described Agbaje and the
PDP's petition as incompetent and therefore dismissed it.
—ThePUNCH
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