{"id":306381,"date":"2024-01-19T10:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T09:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=306381"},"modified":"2024-01-19T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T09:56:50","slug":"breaking-supreme-court-affirms-abioduns-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/19\/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-abioduns-election\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Supreme Court affirms Abiodun\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Adebutu had asked the court to set aside the election because the Independent National Electoral Commission had initially canceled elections in 99 polling units and consequently ordered that fresh elections be conducted in those polling units<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Court held that having dealt with the issues submitted for appeal found that the appeal was unmeritorious and accordingly dismissed it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its candidate, Ladi Adebutu against the victory of Gov. 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