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Following the appeal by the SDP, Labour party and the APC challenging the victory of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Supreme Court has reserved the Judgement.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared that Oborevwori of the PDP polled 360,234 votes to win the governorship election ahead of Omo-Agege of the APC, who secured 240,229 votes.
An appeal court judgement in November had affirmed his election with a three-member tribunal headed by Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu dismissing the petition filed by former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege
The tribunal held that the petition contained unsubstantiated allegations, noting that it was devoid of merit and speculative.
The legal team of SDP, APC and PDP, approached the apex court asking that the governor should be removed.
Counsel for Ovie Omo-Agege of the APC, Robert E, told the apex court the Electoral Act mandates that an election should be annulled when sensitive electoral materials don’t have serial numbers on them.
But Damian Dodo, counsel for the governor, urged the apex court to affirm the judgement of the lower courts because the appellants has no case.