{"id":47519,"date":"2021-06-16T21:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=47519"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:19:05","slug":"ondo-2020-appeal-court-upholds-akeredolus-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/16\/ondo-2020-appeal-court-upholds-akeredolus-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Ondo 2020: Appeal court upholds Akeredolu\u2019s election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital has upheld the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the October 10, 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The five-man panel led by Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua gave the judgement after dismissing the appeal of Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/14\/pdp-receives-former-ayades-aides-who-refused-to-join-apc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDP<\/a> in the election for lacking merit.<\/p>\n<p>Jegede had approached the appellate court after the tribunal on April 20, 2021, dismissed his petition challenging the nomination and election of Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa for lacking in merit.<\/p>\n<p>But Justice Abadua of the appellate court came to a conclusion that the appeal lacks merit though some of the grounds were meritorious.<\/p>\n<p>The Appeal Court dismissed the case on grounds 3 and 7 and partly allowed ground 6 of Jegede\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, resolved issues 1, 2, 4 and 5 in favour of the appellant.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining four Justices on the appeal, H. 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