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The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sent notifications to the public that it would deliver judgment for Lagos State on Monday, September 25.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship flag bearer for the Labour Party, posted on his verified X platform on Saturday, saying that he has been notified that the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will deliver judgment on Monday in Lagos,
His post reads, “We have just been informed that judgement on our election petition at the tribunal will be delivered on Monday, the 25th of September.”
Recall that on April 11, the Peoples Democratic Party Candidate, Mr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, known as Jandor, and the Labour Party candidate, Rhodes-Vivour, separately asked the tribunal to nullify governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election and declare them the winners.
Subsequently, on Wednesday, May 24, the tribunal dismissed the petitions filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement and the Action Peoples Party against the victory of Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, in the March 18 governorship election.
Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat his closest rival, Rhodes-Vivour, who polled 312,329.
The candidate of the PDP, Adediran, came third with 62,449 votes while the candidate of APM, Funmilayo Kupoluyi, polled 884 and the candidate of APP, Abiola Adeyemi, garnered 259 votes.
The petitions of the APM and APP were dismissed by the Chairman of the three-man Tribunal, Justice Arum Ashom, after the petitioners withdrew them.